Senior Antenna Engineer - Italia - NXP Semiconductors

Descrizione

NXP Semiconductors enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, we are driving innovation in the secure connected vehicle, end-to-end security & privacy and smart connected solutions markets.

NXP's Precision Analog & Interfaces product line is developing products which bridge high and low speed wired interfaces with millimeter wave wireless technologies and provide ground-breaking and innovative solutions to the consumer, computing, and industrial markets

Candidate Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, optimize, and implement antenna systems for millimeter wave wireless technologies
• D etermine antenna design, support prototyping and measurement
• End to end System modeling, simulation and performance analysis of composite channels including Package, PCB, Antenna structures, Dielectric layers, millimeter wave wireless channel
  • Working closely with System/IC architects to define simulation benches, modeling specifications and simulation test plans
  • Ability to abstract various sub-sections of the composite channel and generate simulation models
  • Comprehension and modeling the channel properties including losses, reflection, crosstalk, mode conversion, 2D/3D near field/far field antenna radiation effects, channel characteristics, material tolerance, position variations etc.
• Generate reference channel models for system level performance assessment and simulation of Wireless interface products
• Close Collaboration with silicon and package designers to satisfy SI, PI and EM requirements
• Hands-on, in the lab verification of millimeter wave measurement test beds and composite channels
• Providing expert advice on integration guidelines and solutions to System partners and customers
• Interface with cross-functional teams to define requirements and features of future products
• Be a responsive and flexible team player; succeed in an openly collaborative peer environment

Candidate Profile:

• 3+ years of work experience in Antenna System Engineering – modeling, simulation and measurement
• Prior experience of designing and validating 5G and mmWave antennas in mobile and computing products
• Channel modeling, IBIS-AMI model development and system level simulations
• Fluent and proficient in one or more EM simulation tools, such as HFSS, FEKO, CST, COMSOL, ADS, and/or XFDTD
• Build EM simulation infrastructure and tools to maximize productivity and efficiency.
• Experience using lab equipment for high-speed characterization – VNA, TDR, real-time scope, spectrum analyzer, etc.
• Hands-on experience in extracting S-parameter models from packages, antennas, and PCBs, converting them into behavioral compatible circuit models, and assessing the performance in frequency and time domains using simulation tools
• Working knowledge of package, PCB materials and PCB stack-up
• Strong technical knowledge in 2D and 3D electromagnetic modeling, transmission line theory, EM propagation, Near field and Far field effects
• Good interpersonal, verbal/presentation and written communication skills

Education & Experience

• Preferred: PhD in Electromagnetic, Physics, or equivalent field
• Typical: M.S. + 5 years of directly relevant experience
• Experience in antenna design, simulation, optimization, prototyping, tuning, and measurement
• Knowledge of crucial antenna concepts, such as input impedance, impedance matching, antenna isolation, interference, gain, polarization, radiation pattern, link-budget analysis , beam-forming , phased array architecture, frequency spectrum, multi-band operation
• Familiarity with PCB antenna manufacturing processes and materials
• Electromagnetic, antennas, microwaves, coding, and numerical analysis courses taken

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