RF-Antenna Development Engineer
Description
The Role: Xylem seeks to hire seeks to hire an RF-antenna Development Engineer to assist in the development and ongoing engineering support of the Sensus portfolio of products. The RF-antenna Development Engineer will work with other engineering disciplines in the development and ongoing technical support of the Sensus portfolio and will entail full life-cycle responsibilities from conceptual design of new product introduction to resolving any technical issue with legacy products. Product design ownership, collaborative attitude, and enthusiasm for delivering on-time within budget and quality requirements are crucial for success in this position.
This individual will be part of a focused development team involved with the following:
- Development of micro-controller or DSP based embedded systems and high volume products for the next generation of Automatic Meter Infrastructure (AMI) products.
- Development of the building blocks for new core features and functionality for future products.
- Participation in the selection of suitable antenna and RF components, microprocessors, analog circuits and development tools.
Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:
- Participate in RF and antenna design activities within the multi-functional development team in the development of new products from conceptualization through production launch. Ensure all aspects of the antenna and RF design meet performance, schedule, quality and cost requirements.
- Able to design and verify non-RF electrical components such as microprocessors, discrete and integrated power supplies, sensors and other various categories of electronic components.
- Participate in design reviews and work within cross-functional teams including electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, manufacturing, marketing and supply chain.
- Ensure the product design meets desired performance, regulatory and reliability requirements.
- Generate documentation such as system specifications, product requirements and manufacturing test specifications to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
- Work with domestic and international manufacturing teams to implement DFA/DFM principles during development of new products and ongoing support for existing products.
- Develop, conduct and/or manage component and system level test plans to support new product development.
- Assist system engineers and marketing program managers in making recommendations for solutions to specific endpoint and infrastructure applications.
- Participation in Xylem Watermark volunteer activities
Minimum Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of experience with product design focused on RF development.
- Experience with RF testing tools such as spectrum and network analyzers, oscilloscopes, multi-meters and anechoic chambers.
- Experience with schematic capture and circuit board layout tools such as Altium.
- Product testing and root cause analysis skills.
- Desire and ability to learn new tools, processes, and design techniques.
- Excellent communications skills with the ability to convey technical concepts in business terms.
- Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced team environment where you will interface regularly with mechanical, back-end software, firmware, and system test engineers on system-level design development.
- Ability to evaluate and make recommendations on cost control, reliability and manufacturability issues and maintains aggressive development schedules.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of experience with product design focused on antenna development.
- Familiarity with regulatory agency requirements such as FCC and ETSI.
- Experience with antenna simulation tools such as Ansys HFSS and Keysight ADS.
Education and/or Certifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering