Rf Hardware Engineer, Pixel

Google Google · Big Tech · Chicago, IL +1

Google is hiring an RF Hardware Engineer for their Pixel devices team. The role involves designing, developing, validating, and certifying RF hardware systems for cellular connectivity, ensuring compliance with global standards and optimizing performance for mass production and end-user experience. Responsibilities include system performance guarantee, RF front-end optimization, metric analysis, and collaboration with internal and external partners. Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience, with experience in RF design, debug, schematic/PCB design, simulation tools, and RF equipment usage. Preferred qualifications include an advanced degree and experience with RF certification processes and various wireless communication systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Guarantee RF cellular system performance for worldwide regulatory and industry standards compliance.
  2. Optimize RF front end circuitry through iterative hardware and software development utilizing simulation, calculation, and lab results.
  3. Measure and analyze RF transmitter and receiver key metrics over critical variables.
  4. Collaborate with both internal (modem software, antenna, desense, baseband electrical engineering, etc.) and external partners (component suppliers, contract manufacturing, etc.) to achieve the design criteria.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience designing RF solutions for consumer electronics, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
  • Experience in RF design, board-level and firmware debug, schematic creation, and PCB design.
  • Experience with simulation tools or circuit simulation capability (i.e., ADS, HFSS).
  • Experience using RF equipment such as spectrum analyzers, network analyzers and communication test boxes.

Nice to have

  • Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
  • Experienced with RF certification process such as 3GPP, PTCRB, GCF, FCC, IC, RED, ETSI, etc. Knowledge of different wireless communication systems (e.g., 5G nR, LTE, etc.)
  • Experience using RF test and measurement equipment (e.g., spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and communication test boxes).
  • Knowledge of RF simulation software tools (e.g., Advanced Design System (ADS), High-frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS).
  • Knowledge of test automation and scripting languages (e.g., Python, MatLab, LabVIEW).
  • Excellent board-level and firmware debug skills.

What the JD emphasized

  • RF hardware systems
  • cellular connectivity
  • Pixel devices
  • RF front end
  • mass production
  • end user experiences
  • RF cellular system performance
  • worldwide regulatory and industry standards compliance
  • RF front end circuitry
  • hardware and software development
  • simulation
  • calculation
  • lab results
  • RF transmitter and receiver key metrics
  • modem software
  • antenna
  • desense
  • baseband electrical engineering
  • component suppliers
  • contract manufacturing
  • design criteria
  • RF certification process
  • 3GPP
  • PTCRB
  • GCF
  • FCC
  • IC
  • RED
  • ETSI
  • wireless communication systems
  • 5G nR
  • LTE
  • RF test and measurement equipment
  • spectrum analyzers
  • network analyzers
  • communication test boxes
  • RF simulation software tools
  • Advanced Design System (ADS)
  • High-frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS)
  • test automation
  • scripting languages
  • Python
  • MatLab
  • LabVIEW
  • board-level and firmware debug skills