Electrical Test Specialist at MACOM in Lowell, Massachusetts

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 65 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. Click here to view our facilities. 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.

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status or veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Test Technician 

Job Description:

This is an entry-level engineering technician position that is available on the Corporate R&D team.  The individual will be responsible for test and measurement of devices, primarily for MACOM's GaAs, GaN and Si based-technology, in support of technology development, application model development, and device design.  On-the-job training and career growth opportunities will be provided.

Specific Responsibilities: 

• Characterize semiconductor devices and ICs from RF to millimeter wave - test including DC, pulsed IV, S-parameter, noise and large-signal to support modeling team, technology development and application support
• Analysis of test data
• Customize and develop test software to simplify and automate a wide of variety of electrical characterization

Qualifications / Skills: 

• Associate's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Between 0-3 years relevant experience
• Experience with test lab equipment such as power supplies, SMU's, oscilloscopes, and network analyzers
• Experience with on wafer probing and RF test
• Experience with load/source pull measurements
• Experience using Microsoft Excel for data analysis and plotting
• Understanding of semiconductor devices
• Basic proficiency with Linux shell and basic scripting, programming experience in Python a plus