Electronic Design Engineer, Senior/Principal
MACOM· Semiconductors· Jul 21, 2026 · 3mo agoPosted 98 days ago
Hamilton Township, NJ
In office
Full-time
Principal
$98K–$170K
10+ years exp
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Job description
Company Overview:
MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data
Center, Telecommunication, and Industrial and Defense applications.
Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales
offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. MACOM is certified to the
ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management
standard.
MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with
multiple design centers, Si, GaAs, and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly
and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and
Asia. View our facilities at macom.com.
In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core
competency within our business.
MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales
channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales
representatives, and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained
across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire
portfolio.
Job Title: Electronic Design Engineer, Senior
/ Principal
Position Overview: The Electronic Design
Engineer, Senior / Principal will utilize in depth knowledge to develop, design,
maintain, or improve electrical and photonics components, products, or systems
for Commercial,
Aerospace & Defense and other wireless applications. Will demonstrate
conceptual and practical expertise in electronic design challenges and basic
knowledge of related disciplines.
Key Responsibilities:
• Requires
specialized depth and/or knowledge or expertise in the design, drafting,
test, and release of new electronics products, devices, circuits, and/or
systems. Products
include analog RF fiber optic links, high-speed digital fiber optic
transceivers and fiber optic amplifiers. Products utilize microprocessors
and firmware.
• Be
responsible for all design activities and related product development
activities from kick-off through engineering evaluation and write test and
assembly plans and procedures.
• Acts as a
resource to develop team atmosphere together with
our transistor designers, our application, and device engineering teams.
• Initiate
prototype builds and manage product characterization. Design evaluation
boards and characterization fixtures, direct or perform measurements, and
process and present evaluation data against the product development goals.
• Provide clear
status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing test data.
• Expert in formal stage-gate new product introduction
process.
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates
with other others.
• Awareness of the competition and the factors that
differentiate them in the market.
• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or
service activities within own team and other related teams, acts as
resource for colleagues.
• Work with our Product Engineering group to transfer products to production.
Key Competencies & Skills required:
• In depth understanding of a variety of
RF/Microwave/mmWave, optical networking circuit architectures.
• Knowledge of electronics board design (schematics) and writing
software/firmware requirements for electronic boards with microprocessors
is required.
• Knowledge of design of modules for VITA OpenVPX and SOSA applications is a major plus.
• Analyzes best practices to improve product, processes,
or services.
• Strong ability to solve complex problems and takes a new
perspective on existing solutions.
• Fluent
with relevant electronics simulation tools, software, and test equipment
(spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, power meter, etc.).
• Fluent in
Electro-magnetic and/or Electro-optic simulations,
thermal simulation.
• Experienced with integration and
experience designing for high yield and low cost.
• Strong knowledge
of the operation and calibration of industry standard test equipment.
• Experience with the design of evaluation boards
including both electrical and thermal aspects.
• Familiarity
with AutoCAD or other drawing packages is desirable.
• Strong
knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in
electrical engineering, physics, or similar studies. Advanced degree is
highly desirable.
• Minimum of 10 years
of experience in relevant electronics / photonics design engineering.
• Senior / Principal
title will be assigned based on the experience of the candidate.
• Due to ITAR
regulations, only candidates who are U.S. Persons ((U.S. citizens, U.S.
nationals, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or
refugee status) will be considered for this position.
• Must be able to obtain a security clearance.
The Salary Range for this position
is $98,000-$170,000. Actual salary offered to candidate will depend on several
factors, including but not limited to, work location, relevant candidates’
experience, education, and specific knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Benefits: This
position offers a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to:
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off.
• Professional development opportunities.
• This position is eligible to
receive restricted stock unit (RSU) awards and cash bonuses, solely at MACOM’s
discretion, subject to individual and company performance.
EEO:
MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse
workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation,
national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military
service, marital status, or any other category protected under applicable law.
Reasonable Accommodation:
MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable
accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities.
If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with
respect to any part of the application process, please call +1-978-656-2500 or
email HR_Ops@MACOM.com. Provide your name, phone number and the position title
and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed,
and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or
need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of
their jobs.
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