Analog Hardware Electronics Design Engineer Job at Advantest America in San Jose

Job Description:

R&D position for Board Level Analog Electronics Design for Parametric Test instruments.

About Us:

As the world's leader in test and measurement, Advantest works with technical visionaries right at the forefront of the world's most exciting, emerging markets. We set the benchmarks by providing the systems, the software, and the expertise these visionaries depend on, investigating and developing solutions to fill specific customer needs within the ADV93k platform.

Role Overview:

In this position, you will be a member of a hardware R&D team in San Jose developing PC Board level circuit designs for high-precision, low-noise measurement instruments for the ADV93k platform to enable our customers to succeed. During the life-cycle of development, the San Jose R&D team designs, evaluates, verifies, and optimizes hardware designs from concept phase to production maturity. The development cycle will require close interaction with the local Software, Mechanical, and Application engineering R&D teams.

Together with the rest of the San Jose R&D team, you will work in many cross-functional situations and interact with other Advantest organizations including sites around the world to ensure a manufacturable and supportable design.

This position is for an entry-level engineer; however, we would also consider experienced applicants.

Requirements:

• Bachelor or Master's degree (preferred) in electrical engineering
• Knowledge of designing with analog circuits and analysis using topologies such as gain blocks, inverters, differentiators, integrators, filters, feedback loop stability, and circuit simulation methods.
• Understanding of designing with analog circuits such as ADC & DAC IC's, Precision Op Amps, power supplies, discrete transistors.
• Understanding of low-noise techniques, low temperature/time drift methods, interference minimizing grounding strategies, and precision performance designs.
• Experience using SPICE simulations to model analog circuit performance.
• Fluent in English.
• Analytic Problem-solver skills with a self-contained and result-oriented working style.
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, able to clearly communicate ideas, issues, and solutions to peers and management.