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Cisco Antenna Lab Technician in San Jose, California

IF INTERESTED, PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY HERE: [1] https://grnh.se/38b34acf1us

At Cisco-Meraki, we know that technology can connect us, empower us, and drive us. By simplifying powerful technology, we can free passionate people to focus on their mission. With the fastest-growing cloud-managed networking team in the world, our products and technology architecture are changing the face of enterprise networking and making cloud-managed IT a reality.

We are looking to add a new member to our antenna team. In joining us, you will help in our mission to provide innovative antenna solutions to our large portfolio of wireless devices. Our current devices include technologies such as Wi-Fi, Cellular, IoT, UWB, and GNSS, but we are always on the look for the next breakthrough in technology to be incorporated into our portfolio.

Work Environment

Onsite at our antenna lab in San Jose CA.

When required and based on our projects' status, the lab technician may be required to work on an extended schedule to complete urgent tasks and should also be available for occasional international travel.

Responsibilities

Keeping the lab ready and fully operational to perform accurate antenna measurements; this includes having the anechoic chamber, vector and spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, power meters, multimeters, power supplies, and other electronic equipment calibrated, software updated and correlated to our partner labs.

Building reliable prototypes to verify antenna performance and generating detailed reports.

Purchasing, updating, and maintaining the stock of components, connectors, miscellaneous parts, tools, soldering equipment and general elements for the fabrication of prototypes.

Supporting and implementing experiment setups for the evaluation of novel technologies that include workstations interconnected to emulators, simulators, and data networks.

Creating and updating documentation with procedures, inventory, tasks and activities for the optimal operation of the lab.

Collaborating with other teams and organizations such as mechanical, electrical, industrial design, compliance and even facilities when needed.

Required Skills:

  • Proficiency and knowledge of SMT soldering technics for clean rework of PCB components, antennas, coax-cables, connectors, and other RF related components

  • Proficiency and understanding to build fixtures and prototypes for antenna measurements, testing, and evaluation including Styrofoam fixtures to provide physical support to the device

  • Proficiency with usage of anechoic chambers, VNAs, power meters, and spectrum analyzers

  • Proficiency to assemble and disassemble electronic devices

  • Ability to assemble equipment from the unboxing using the vendor's manual (printed or online)

  • Resourceful to find solutions to the challenges associated with running the antenna lab

  • Proficient with MS Office tools

Required Background and Knowledge

Understanding of the process for building, testing, debugging and fixing antennas for wireless devices.

Concepts that must be well understood:

  • Antenna gain, efficiency, radiation patterns (3D, 2D, ripple), isolation

  • Cabling and grounding of antennas

The new team member should have the following credentials:

Certified/Accredited RF, Electrical or Electronics technician with two (2) years of experience in antenna measurements or an experienced candidate in the field with different academic degrees.

Considered as a Plus

Familiarity with Cadence (PCB and Schematic design), LabVIEW, basic scripting

Does this sound like you? We’d love to hear from you!

We encourage you to drop us a line even if you do not have all the points above. That is a lot of different areas of responsibility! We will help you pick them up because we believe that great leaders come from a diverse set of backgrounds.

At Cisco Meraki, we are challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case-by-case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

IF INTERESTED, PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY HERE: [2] https://grnh.se/38b34acf1us

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  1. https://grnh.se/38b34acf1us

  2. https://grnh.se/38b34acf1us

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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