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Bose Senior RF Engineer in Framingham, Massachusetts
You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most.
At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical.
The engineering team at Bose is a thriving, passionate, deeply skilled team of professionals from a broad range of disciplines and experiences, who share a common goal—to create products that provide transformative sound experiences.
Job Description
RF Engineer IV
About the Team
The Bose Product Engineering team is looking for a senior RF Engineer to join our engineering team responsible for the development of wireless technology solutions for the next generation of Bose wearables and networked speakers.
About the Job
As a senior RF Engineer in the consumer electronics engineering group, your responsibilities will include the architecture, design, validation, and verification of wireless features found inside our products, proving that the wireless features meets engineering and customer requirements for Bluetooth, WiFi, and other wireless technologies. You will work closely with cross-functional internal engineering teams, as well as external partners, to successfully develop and deliver fantastic products into the consumer marketplace, from the design concept stage all the way through manufacturing and product launch.
Architecture and design of RF systems with co-existent radio transceivers
Design, simulation, and measurement of RF sub-systems
Design, simulation, and validation of custom Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Antennas
Validation of RF sub-system and system-level performance, including antenna impedance and far-field characteristics, radio receiver sensitivity, system response to external and internal interference, link margin, variance from component and manufacturing process tolerance
Working with suppliers to integrate next-generation solutions into our products
Interpreting measurement results in the context of regulatory requirements
Supporting external partners to ensure consistent quality and performance
About You
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering, or an equivalent degree, with 7+ years product design experience
Ability to work independently with minimal guidance
Strong communication skills through all phases of product development with internal and external partners
Experience applying electrical engineering fundamentals to determine the root cause of unexpected RF system behavior
Experience applying wireless systems fundamentals to determine coexistence risk
Experience with assessing RF-related design trade-offs and communicating risk to stakeholders
Experience leading the design of complex RF systems from concept through production
Experience linking user needs and system level requirements to an RF system validation plan
Experience operating network and spectrum analyzers, OTA measurement systems, signal analyzers
Experience with Bluetooth, WiFi, and other consumer wireless protocols
Experience with electromagnetics simulation tools such as CST Microwave Studio, Ansys HFSS, or similar
High speed design experience is desirable, including HDMI, memory, USB, digital audio, digital video
Experience with electronics CAD such as Cadence/Allegro or equivalent is desirable
EMC experience debugging emissions and immunity compliance issues is desirable
Experience with mentoring of junior engineers is desirable
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