Rf Product Development Engineer

**Company**: Qualcomm Global Trading Pte. Ltd.

**Job Area**: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

**General Summary**:
**Job Overview**:
Qualcomm is the world’s leading wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the development, launch, and expansion of 5G. When we connected the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in every 3G, 4G and 5G smartphone. We bring the benefits of mobile to new industries, including automotive, the internet of things, and computing, and are leading the way to a world where everything and everyone can communicate and interact seamlessly.

**Job Function**:

- The RF Product Development and Test Engineering group develops test solutions for design verification of highly integrated RF transceiver IC and modules.
- We work with Design, System, Program Management, Reliability, Marketing, Sales and Manufacturing teams to create, commercialize, and support RF products.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**RF Test Development**:

- Utilize RF measurement techniques to design and develop RF test benches.
- Create efficient and reliable test software.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate and repeatable testing.

**Test Bench Design and Debugging**:

- Design and debug test benches, hardware (HW), and software (SW) programs.
- Integrate bench HW/SW for RF device characterization, including conducted and over-the-air (OTA) test solutions.

**RF Characterization and Optimization**:

- Support characterization and optimization of various transceiver blocks (transmitter, receiver, synthesizer, etc.).
- Ensure test accuracy and repeatability.

**Efficiency Improvement**:

- Drive short-term and long-term test efficiency improvement through innovation.
- ** Develop and integrate AI, machine learning tools to expedite the device optimization cycle**.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, RF/Microwave Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field.
- Experience with design verification testing of RF chips or components.
- Proficiency in using test equipment (e.g., power supplies, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, power meters, vector network analyzer).
- Familiarity with RF test methodology development using tools like LabVIEW/TestStand or programming languages (C#, C++, Python, MATLAB).
- Highly motivated, adaptable team player with excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work independently under pressure and proactively overcome technical challenges to meet project schedules.

In this role, you’ll actively contribute to shaping the future of wireless communication technology.

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- 2+ years of experience with circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF).
- 2+ years of experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit simulation software.
- 2+ years of experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF tools, etc.

**Principal Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Applies Hardware knowledge and experience to plan, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems.
- Integrates features and functionality into hardware designs in line with proposals or roadmaps.
- Conducts simulations and analyses of designs as well as implements designs with the best power, performance, and area.
- Collaborates with teams (e.g., design, verification, validation, software and systems engineering, architecture development teams, etc.) to implement new requirements and incorporate the latest test solutions in the production program to improve the yield, test time, and quality.
- Evaluates, characterizes, and develops the manufacturing solutions for leading edge products in processes and bring-up product to meet customer expectations and schedules.
- Evaluates reliability of materials, properties, and techniques and brings innovation, automation, and optimization to maximize productivity.
- Assists in the assessment of complex design features to identify potential flaws, compatibility issues, and/or compliance issues.
- Writes detailed t