Title: Senior RF Test-Product Engineer

Description:
Tahoe RF Semiconductor, Inc. requires a Senior RF Test-Product Engineer to take several of Tahoe RF's latests products to production.

Duties and responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following tasks:
- Provide testability input for RFIC designs
- Define Bench test plans for RFIC products
- Define ATE test plans for RFIC products
- Execute bench characterization
- Data collection, reduction, and report generation
- Device correlation between Bench and ATE
- Transfer of device testing from Bench to ATE
- Manage and own ATE development at subcontractors for wafer probe and final test
- Develop in house ATE test capability for select projects
- Monitor and improve production test process/yields

Qualifications Required
The candidate must have the following experience:
- Solid understanding of RF principles
- Familiar with RF testability strategies at frequencies from 1GHz to 10GHz+
- Use of bench test equipment such as:
- - Oscilloscopes, Network Analyzers
- - Spectrum Analyzers, Signal generators, etc.
- Experience developing bench test routines using Labview or similar interface
- Familiar with ATE systems for RF test
- Experience with MS office applications
- Experience with Linux and Windows OS
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work alone or in a team environment
- Willing to take on new challenges and invent new approaches to solve existing problems

Education Requirements:
BS in Electrical Engineering and a minimum of 5 years experience in RF ATE/bench testing

About Tahoe RF Semiconductor:
Tahoe RF was formed in October 2002 by Engineers and Managers from the Wireless Division of IBM Microelectronics. Situated in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Northern California Tahoe RF is only 1 hour drive from Lake Tahoe and 2 hours drive from San Francisco / Bay area. Located in Auburn, a small town of 12,000, Tahoe RF is within 15 minutes drive of the metropolitan areas of Sacramento. Auburn has a small town feel but also provides a full set of amenities. The area provides a significant cost of living benefit when compared with the Bay Area or San Diego. The foothills provide plenty of opportunity for hiking, skiing, camping and fishing while access to major shopping malls, theaters, and dining is just a short drive away.