Senior Rf Engineer

Founded in 1999, Access Laser is a leader in designing and manufacturing high-end CO2 lasers. We are a rapidly growing company, experiencing double-digit revenue growth in recent years. We provide leading-edge gas-discharge-excited laser technologies to global industries in the medical, semiconductor, electronic, manufacturing, and scientific development R&D markets. We focus on creative designs that match our customers’ applications and solve difficult problems with innovative solutions. We strive to provide a challenging and supportive environment where team members are encouraged to go beyond ordinary thinking and challenge the normal with the truly ingenious. Our team is our greatest asset and supporting their career development is the greatest investment we can make in our future.

In October 2017 we became a member of the TRUMPF Group, the world’s largest manufacturer of lasers and laser systems. Although we have retained the agility and flexibility of a small company, both our business and our employees now have access to new opportunities for growth.

Access Laser Company is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to work as part of a small, dedicated engineering team to design prototypes and products for application-specific RF and analog circuits and systems for molecular CO2 laser products.

Primary Duties:

• Design, simulate and model RF/analog/mixed-mode circuits and systems
• Proof of Concept (POC) Designs -- involves requirements definition, circuit simulation, schematic capture, PCB layout, testing in the lab, troubleshooting, optimization as needed, and documentation.
• Product Development -- in addition to POC steps involves conducting relevant DFx (DFM, DFA, etc.) iterations including design for compliance, rigorous scientific verification and validation, accelerated lifetime tests, and documentations.
• Drive new product requirements and milestones from high-level descriptions and under ambiguous settings
• Drive concepts, preliminary, and critical design reviews
• Write test reports & procedures for prototype, first article, V&V, DFx, etc.

Secondary Duties:

• Support production by designing test fixtures, test-automation, and writing test procedures.
• Mentor less experienced team members

What you bring:

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering with minimum 7 years of experience.
• Ability to work under general direction to independently determine and develop approaches to solutions. Ability to provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Accomplished tasks are only reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.
• Solid grasp and practical application of technical principles in the field, with a focus on circuit theory, RF concepts, RF power amplifier design (mid-range, 100-500W), and expertise in power-oscillator and switching power supply. Extremely strong skills in designing and testing for EMC or similar regulatory requirements
• Extensive experience with EDA tools for PCB layout (e.g. Altium)
• Experience with RF simulation software (e.g. ADS, AWR)
• Excellent competency with lab test equipment including vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power meters, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Experience using Product Lifecycle Management Tools (e.g. Agile)

• Excellent interpersonal skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Highly Desirable Additional Skills/Experience:

• In-depth understanding of physical phenomena involved in high-power and high-frequency circuit design
• Experience with Microwave engineering concepts (Distributed circuits, transmission lines, etc.)

• Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts.  Represents the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.

• Promote scientific rigor and individual skills advancement within the company’s technical team.

Why work for us

At our core, we are an idea company, which is driving expansion and tremendous revenue growth. We are customer driven and design application specific products which fit the individual needs of our customers. This requires highly motivated and dedicated teams. You will have the opportunity to be innovative in your work as we are constantly evolving our products and solving new problems with our customers. We owe our success to our people. We take great pride in investing in our team and strive to continually grow and improve our company and culture.

We love what we do.  Our goal is to go above and beyond for each other and our customers. Our teams are creative, smart and talented, which makes each project exciting. You will have plenty of guidance and support to help us continue moving our impactful technology to the next level.

TRUMPF, our parent company, shares the same core values, and supports both our team and our drive for continuous innovation in laser technology. We are proud to be part of one of the largest technology companies led by a woman.

Things we love here:

• Opportunity to work in a brand new, state-of-the art facility.
• Great benefits including medical/dental/vision, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and 401K with a match
• 17 days of PTO per year, and PTO increases with tenure
• Eight paid holidays
• We support learning and have educational assistance programs
• Fitness reimbursement
• All employees are eligible for profit sharing in addition to their base pay.
• Strong commitment to COVID prevention for all employees, and a close to 100% vaccination rate
• Stocked kitchen with complimentary snacks
• Focus on work-life balance to promote success in and out of the workplace
• Family-oriented team events
• Free parking

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other classes protected by law.

We are committed to providing opportunities to all qualified individuals.  If you need assistance completing our online application due to a physical or mental impairment, please email jobs@accesslaser.com  or call 425-382-2217.