Staff Test Hardware Engineer

MaxLinear is seeking an experienced Staff Test Development Engineer to join our growing team.  You will work closely with design and engineering teams in Singapore as well as MaxLinear supplier teams across the globe.

• Responsible for developing test hardware for of highly innovative integrated circuits
• Design of printed circuit boards for Semiconductor Test applications utilizing either Cadence Allegro from component creation, schematic, layout to generation of fabrication/assembly files
• Produce PCB layouts for complex RF, Mixed Signal, and high-speed designs
• Generate manufacturing files and produce supporting documentation for these designs, including Gerber, fabrication, and assembly drawings
• Develop and maintain a component database, including schematic symbol library, and footprint library
• Liaise with end user on design requirements and timeline
• Liaise with PCB fabrication and assembly house for fabrication and assembly requirements and issues of the design

• Good understanding of RF, Mixed Signal, and high-speed designs
• Extensive knowledge of schematic capture and PCB layout, preferably with Cadence Allegro
• Working knowledge in logical net-listings, schematics usage, electrical and routing rules creation, signal and power integrity optimization
• Experience with designs utilizing blind, buried and micro vias is a plus
• Expertise developing multi-site production test hardware for complex RF SoCs
• Excellent communication skills
• Degree/Master's Degree in Engineering with at least 8 years’ experience in the field of ATE load board design

MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.

We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.

MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.

Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Waltham, Massachusetts; Vancouver, Canada; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore and Chennai, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.

We have approximately 1,500 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.