RF Engineer - Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota

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Our engineering group at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) at the University of Minnesota is hiring an RF Engineer. I've attached the posting below. The ideal candidate has a strong RF background and an interest in both design and fabrication. You can not only design RF circuits, but enjoy the process of fabricating and testing them in the lab environment. You know how to mill or etch RF circuits, solder components, build antennas and resonant structures, model and 3D print enclosures for electronics, and use instruments such as oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, signal generators, noise figures analyzers, spectrum analyzers, etc. Your primarily responsibility will be to support researchers at our center by building hardware to the required specifications and repairing and modifying existing hardware as requested.

Required:

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering (EE) or Biomedical Engineering (BME) with Electrical Engineering emphasis and four years of related experience or related Master's degree and 2 years relevant work experience.
RF circuit design including RF circuit modeling, prototyping, and testing
RF circuit modeling, PCB design, and experience with basic EE-RF lab test equipment use including network analyzers, noise figure meters, oscilloscopes, RF power meters, etc.  Usage of simulation, and RF design, tools to ensure robust and efficient product design.

Preferred:

RF front end component design, construction, test and evaluation and research application support for MRI and NMR biomedical research and clinical diagnostics.  These components include RF coils, RF power amplifiers, RF preamplifiers, RF transmit-receive switches, and RF filters, RF power supplies and all RF signal, power, and control interfaces. The ideal applicant understands the function and design of RF circuits, RF electronics, antennas and their application in the design of MR coil arrays for magnetic resonance imaging.
Preferred to be proficient with 3D CAD design software such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks used with 3D printing and/or computer aided manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Producing fully tested RF circuits and integrate them into MRI compatible housings.
Particular focus will be the layout and design of optimized RF transmit and receive array coil technology. 
Managing and maintaining a neat and orderly electronics lab, producing RF coils for MRI and NMR field strengths of 3T to 10.5 T whole body human imaging, and for animal systems at 9.4T and 16.4T.
Working to support the RF hardware needs of researchers at the CMRR.

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