Design Engineering Manager - LTCC

Description

MiniCircuits designs manufactures and distributes integrated circuits modules and subsystems for highperformance radio frequency (RF) and microwave applications.With design sales and manufacturing locations in over 30 countries MiniCircuits products are used in a range of wired and wireless communications applications. Our products are also used in detection measurement and imaging applications including military communication guidance and electronic countermeasure systems commercial scientific military land sea and aircraft; automotive systems medical systems and industrial test equipment.

MiniCircuits sells its products to over 20000 customers globally through our direct sales force applications engineering staff sales representatives as well as through our extensive website.

Position Summary:

The Principal LTCC Design Engineer is responsible for leading a design team from concept through production in developing RF Microwave and MillimeterWave LTCC components with emphasis on Filters Power Splitters Couplers and Baluns in areas of Defense Telecommunications Test and Measurement Commercial & Industrial systems.

Salary Range:$149000 $200000 per year

Job Function:

• Product Definition:
  • Review determine and approve the feasibility of production catalog and customer special specifications based on either customer application market or Product Line Management (PLM) objectives and requirements.
  • Create a map of competing technologies and elaborate a SWOT analysis of our current LTCC offerings within that context.
  • Assist the PLM in creating the technical development pipeline and roadmap.
• Product Design and Development:
  • Create and implement an optimum design flow and strategy geared to lower turnaround times increase components performance and rate of 1^st spin success while ensuring manufacturability improving yields and lowering costs.
  • Responsible for the teams design approach topology selection criteria technological choice design time budgeting and overall technical approach to any requirement meeting deadlines and resolving performance issues along the way.
  • Develop novel and accurate multiphysics simulation models DOEs and technology characterization efforts to forecast productionlevel performance.
  • Evaluate components materials & suppliers.
  • Lead design review meetings.
  • Create and manage a library of FEM and MoM simulation models including connectors PCBs LTCCs Cal Standards Wire bonds and lumped components among others.
• Product Characterization Qualification and Test Development:
  • Work with characterization and test engineers to define test plans and block diagrams.
  • Work with QA Reliability MPE and Engineering test in developing qualification plans test strategies and methodologies conducive to the standardization of component specifications.
• Support:
  • Serve as technical support to the LTCC PLM fellow Engineers Production Marketing Sales and Applications departments on new and existing designs.
  • Direct the course of action in troubleshooting for prototyping and productionrelated failures.
  • Contribute to the creation and presentation of technical content to train less experienced engineers new team members applications sales and marketing members.
• Intellectual Property Generation:
  • Create a systematic approach for the design team to generate IP and publications in the form of patents white papers technical seminars webinars workshops application notes technical articles etc.
  • Ensure MCL maintains its technical lead and relevance in LTCC components by leading R&D activities surveying competitors offerings as well as advances in LTCC materials and processes novel circuital topologies design methodologies/techniques simulation software and modeling techniques device characterization techniques and novel production testing strategies.
• Management:
  • Manage a team of design engineers
  • Create and manage a technical training program for the design team aimed at the individuals professional growth.
  • Propose figures of merit and KPIs intended to capture the design teams performance.
  • Handson technical management of design projects from concept through production launch including defining project milestones and responsibilities as well as managing other members to meet the project objectives.
  • Monitor and manage the use of specialized simulation and CAD software as well as the employment of the hardware running it.
  • Report to the PLM on the teams use of the available software and hardware tools and suggest changes acquisitions tradeoffs etc. for the same.

Qualifications:

• BSEE with 13 yearsOR;
• MSEE with 10 years OR;
• Ph.D. with 8 years relevant experience in passive components developments.
• Principal Design Engineer level competency
• Demonstrated ability to lead and work collaboratively with a team of engineers to create & support the activities during the life cycle of products from conception through production within stated time frames.
• 3 years of personnel supervisory experience
• Strong background in the design of passive components like Filters Power Splitters Couplers and Transformers in multilayer technologies operating to the mmWave range
• Proven prior experience in managing a design team
• Proven experience in developing products under a Phase Gated Process (PGP)
• Familiarity with both thickfilm and thinfilm processes
• Realworld strong lab analysis and debug experience required to verify simulated performance
• Welldeveloped analytical and problemsolving skills
• Familiarity with systemlevel design practices requirements and budgeting.
• Knowledge of common architectures (block diagrams) employed in A&D Telecommunications T&M Ind and BOC applications is a plus.
• Strong background in EM Simulation and modeling employing MoM and FEM engines.
• Prior experience with Ansys HFSS and Keysights PathWave is preferred
• Prior experience in conducting multiphysics simulations (thermal and mechanical) is preferred
• Good familiarity with statistical analysis techniques is preferred
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence methods is a plus
• Knowledge of Matlab and Python is a plus
• Familiarity with CAD software such as SolidWorks DraftSight is a plus
• Experience in designing passive MMIC components for mmWave applications is plus
• Strong communication and presentation skills

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand walk sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Requirements/Skills:

• Comply understand and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment
• Ability and willingness to abide by Companys Code of Conduct
• US Citizen or US Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder)

Disclaimer: The listed qualifications and requirements for each position are intended as guidelines. MiniCircuits reserves the right to hire outside of these guidelines at Managements discretion.

MiniCircuits is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived age race creed color national origin sexual orientation military status sex disability predisposing genetic characteristics marital status familial status gender identity gender dysphoria pregnancyrelated condition and domestic violence victim status or protected class characteristic or any other protected characteristic as established by federal or state law.