Lead Radio Frequency Engineer in Port Coquitlam

Eaton’s Mobility Group is currently seeking a Lead Radio Frequency Engineer to join our team. This position is based at our Port Coquitlam, BC facility and offers benefits from day one.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $100,000 - $135,000 a year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

This position will play a critical role in developing the future direction of Eaton’s wireless technologies globally. The Senior Radio Frequency Engineer will be responsible for developing a range of new Wireless products. This new suite of products will extend Eaton’s already successful wireless solutions and bring an unmatched level of industrial enterprise connectivity.

You will:

• Design and develop parts of a complex and comprehensive product.
• Produce market competitive, manufacturable product designs on time and on budget by demonstrating a balance between innovation and risk.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of our current products and provide ideas for product improvements.
• Be a key member of the project team and participate in design reviews.
• Learn the current radio portfolio and provide support to the existing product lines.
• Perform other related tasks and projects as required.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in RF (Radio-frequency) engineering or electronics engineering with RF focus or equivalent from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience.
• EM theory and S-parameters theory, and S parameters measurement for one-port, two-port circuits using VSA, amplifier design based on S-parameters.
• Skilled in the use of software for RF simulation and PCB design software.
• Design experience for matching circuits, frequency demodulators, frequency modulators, PLL circuits, AGC, ALC and AFC loops.
• Good understanding of digital modulation, FSK, GFSK, OFDM, DSSS, FHSS.
• Expertise in using RF instruments, Signal generators, Power Meters, Spectrum Analyzer, VSAs, VNA.
• Familiar with receiver and transmitter characteristics and how to measure them.
• Familiar with physical layer for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
• Familiar with regulatory/approval requirements for wireless devices (FCC and CE).
• Familiar with conducted and radiated measurements.
• Familiar with antenna parameters and RF propagation.
• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada without company sponsorship now and in the future.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

• Phase noise measurement and analysis.
• Receiver sensitivity measurement.
• Digital signal processing including digital filters, frequency demodulation, and bit/word synchronization.
• Embedded C software development for microcontrollers.
• Experience with RF and electronic circuit simulation tools.
• Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi physical layer experience.
• Understanding of RF performance variation with temperature.
• PLL control loop design and stability analysis.

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.

Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work.