RF Test Engineer

ALGEBRAIT
  • Fremont, CA
  • Full-time
4 days ago

Job Description

Benefits:
  • Competitive salary
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance

Location: Fremont , California


Onsite/ Remote: Day 1 Onsite at customer location 


Core Responsibilities


1. Test Execution & System Validation


  • Configure, calibrate, and operate multi-axis OTA anechoic test chambers (e.g., ETS-Lindgren AMS systems) across FR1 (Sub-6 GHz) and FR2 (mmWave) frequency ranges.
  • Perform comprehensive radiated measurements including TRP, TIS, EIRP, EIS, and MIMO OTA throughput testing.
  • Validate satellite positioning performance by executing A-GNSS (GPS/Glonass/Galileo) OTA sensitivity evaluations.
  • Conduct systematic RF Desensitization (Desense) investigations to isolate internal platform noise (e.g., from display panels, high-speed digital buses, or power supplies) degrading receiver performance.
  • Maintain chamber verification logs, performing routine range calibrations (path loss measurements using standard gain horn antennas) to ensure measurement repeatability and system accuracy.
2. Test Plan Compliance & Certification


  • Execute testing matrices in strict accordance with CTIA Test Plan for Wireless Device Over-the-Air Performance, 3GPP Technical Specifications (TS 38.521 / 38.151), and specific North American wireless operator requirements.
  • Analyze test data against strict regulatory and carrier acceptance limits, identifying and logging edge-case failures.
  • Interface directly with the Telecommunications Certification Body (TCB) team and project managers to package validation data for formal regulatory submissions (FCC, CE, ISED).

Technical Requirements & Qualifications


Education & Experience


  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or a highly related technical discipline (Master’s Degree with an RF/Electromagnetics focus preferred).
  • 2 to 5+ years of direct, hands-on experience in an RF laboratory environment specifically executing OTA testing.
Technical Skills & Instrumentation Knowledge


  • Chamber Architectures: Deep familiarity with conical-cut and great-circle-cut anechoic chamber testing geometries.
  • Wireless Protocols: Solid baseline knowledge of 5G NR (SA/NSA), LTE Advanced, Wi-Fi 7 / 6E (802.11be/ax), Bluetooth, and UWB physical layer parameters.
  • RF Test Equipment: Hands-on operational mastery of network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and radio communication testers (e.g., Keysight UXM 5G, Rohde & Schwarz CMX500 / CMW500, Anritsu MT8000A).
  • Software & Automation: Experience utilizing automated lab software suites (e.g., ETS-Lindgren EMQuest, R&S AMS32). Proficiency in Python for parsing .csv data files and interfacing with instrument APIs is highly preferred.
  • Foundational Knowledge: Solid grasp of Smith charts, impedance matching, polarization alignment, Friis transmission equations, and measurement uncertainty calculations.
Soft Skills & Workplace Competencies


  • Analytical Problem Solving: A methodical approach to isolating variables when troubleshooting system anomalies or uncharacteristic device failures inside the chamber.
  • Meticulous Documentation: Strong attention to detail when logging hardware configurations, test settings, and EUT (Equipment Under Test) software build versions.
  • Communication: Ability to clearly explain complex radiated failures and spatial pattern nulls to non-RF internal partners.

Numbers & Facts

LocationFremont, CA
Job TypeFull-time

Skills

  • 802.11unmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Antennaunmatched
  • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
  • Automation Systemsunmatched
  • Bluetoothunmatched
  • Build Managementunmatched
  • Busesunmatched
  • Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA)unmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • Dental Insuranceunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Electrical Engineeringunmatched
  • FCC (Federal Communications Commission)unmatched
  • GPS (Global Positioning System)unmatched
  • Hardware Configuration Managementunmatched
  • Hardware Quality Assuranceunmatched
  • Health Insuranceunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • Impedance Matchingunmatched
  • Instrumentationunmatched
  • Laboratoryunmatched
  • Laboratory Systemsunmatched
  • MIMOunmatched
  • National Security Agency (NSA)unmatched
  • Network Performance/Analysisunmatched
  • Polarizationunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
  • Radio Frequencyunmatched
  • Receiversunmatched
  • Regulationsunmatched
  • Regulatory Submissionsunmatched
  • Spectrum Analyzersunmatched
  • System Validationunmatched
  • Telecommunicationsunmatched
  • Test Dataunmatched
  • Test Equipmentunmatched
  • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
  • Testingunmatched
  • Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)unmatched
  • Wi-Fiunmatched
  • Wireless Communicationsunmatched
  • Wireless Protocols/Standardsunmatched

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