Antenna Design Engineer

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

• 5 years of experience designing Antenna system solutions for Consumer Electronics

• Experience with Electromagnetic Simulation tool and circuit simulation capability (e.g., ADS)

• Experience with prototyping and optimizing antennas in portable wireless devices

Preferred qualifications:

• Master degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering specializing in Antenna, RF, or Electromagnetics
• Experience using common RF test equipment (e.g., spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, protocol, and signaling testers) and antenna chambers
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements (e.g., FCC, IC, CE, etc.) and their respective certification process
• Familiarity with cellular industry standards and specifications (e.g., CTIA, PTCRB, WiFi alliance etc.)
• Familiarity with antenna manufacturing technologies, such as stamped sheet metal, FPC, and LDS for antennas
• Experience with desense mitigation and using different wireless communication systems such as GSM/UMTS/CDMA/LTE, 802.11, Bluetooth, and/or GPS

About the job

Our computational challenges are so big, complex and unique we can't just purchase off-the-shelf hardware, we've got to make it ourselves. Your team designs and builds the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google's services. As a Hardware Engineer, you design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You develop from the lowest levels of circuit design to large system design and see those systems all the way through to high volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers affecting millions of Google users.

In this role, you will simulate, concept, prototype, test and optimize antennas in Fitbit watches and trackers. You will work with cross-functional teams to define the overall product architecture and antenna design to achieve the best balance of cost, size, schedule, industrial design, and RF/antenna performance.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

• Design, simulate, test, and document the best solutions for antennas in manufactured wireless devices to meet suitable antenna requirements including TRP, TIS, radiation pattern, return loss, and antenna efficiency in actual usage conditions.
• Perform trade-off studies between antenna performance, RF performance, regulatory compliance, mechanical constraints, industrial design intent, size, quality, cost and time constraints.
• Lead the antenna design for products, working closely in an interdisciplinary team, through the entire product life cycle
• Travel up to 20% of the time as needed in the Asia region.
• Mentor and develop other Antenna Design Engineers.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.