RF Electrical Engineering Intern – MMIC Switch Thermal Analysis and simulation

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

RF Electrical Engineering Intern – MMIC Switch Thermal Analysis and simulation

Role Overview:

In MACOM’s Diode Business Line, we design and test Hybrids and MMICs for aerospace and defense, test and measurement, cellular/5G, medical, space/hi-rel, automotive and other wireless applications. You will be involved in one or more of the following:

• Assist in the design, layout and/or testing of new control circuits for microwave and millimeter-wave applications based on Si and GaAs technologies.
  
• Work with products such as switches, limiters, digital and analog phase shifters, digital and analog attenuators, detectors, frequency multipliers, mixers, modulators/demodulators and multi-function Hybrids and MMICs. 
  
• Gain experience with of a variety of microwave measurements which include but are not limited to S-Parameters, IP3/TOI, compression/limiting, harmonics, DC and/or RF continuous and pulse power, noise figure, switching speed, conversion loss/gain, etc.
  
• Work with our package and assembly teams on new and more cost-effective packaging and assembly methods.
• Help design evaluation boards and characterization fixtures, perform measurements, and process evaluation data against the product development goals.  

Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in electronic engineering.
  
• Interest in microwave Hybrid and/or MMIC products, and microwave control circuit architectures.
  
• Interest in the design of microwave evaluation boards including both electrical and thermal aspects.
  
• Some experience with modern microwave simulation tools such as ADS or AWR, or device and/or process modeling tools (TCAD, Silvaco, etc) is a plus.
  
• Understanding of EM simulations (Momentum, EmPro, HFSS, etc) and/or Thermal simulation (Ansys or similar) is also a plus.
  
• Understanding of the Smith Chart and s-parameters is desirable.
  
• Familiarity with AutoCAD or other drawing packages is helpful
  
• This position requires US citizenship or permanent resident status.
  

EEO:
MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce.  MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, marital status, or any other category protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:
MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities.  If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call +1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com.  Provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you.  We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.