How to Get (and Keep) a Career in RF/Microwave Engineering
Between the cellular device explosion, Internet of Things (IoT), and the ever present military system evolution, the
demand for RF and Microwave engineers is poised for continuous growth in the coming decades. The fundamentals,
however, remain very similar now to what they were 30 years ago. These fundamentals, while key, are now only part of
the picture given the size and complexity in large corporations. Being able to impress hiring managers that have access
to a global talent pool and then thriving in an environment that is under pressure to increase performance while
maintaining costs are also keys to a successful career in the RF and Microwave Engineering Field.
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- 4202 E Fowler Ave
- Tampa, Florida
- United States 33620
- Building: CMC
- Room Number: CMC147
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Arya Menon (IEEE MTT USF Student Chatper Chair) aryamenon@mail.usf.edu
Jing Wang (IEEE Florida West Coast Jt. Chapter, AP03/ED15/MTT17 Chair) jingw@usf.edu
Neil Craig, Sr. Engineering Manager, Qorvo Inc Neil.Craig@qorvo.com
- Co-sponsored by Jing Wang (FWCS Chair) and Arya Menon (MTT USF Student Chapter Chair)
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- Co-sponsored by Florida West Coast MTT/AP/ED Chapter
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Neil Craig
How to Get (and Keep) a Career in RF/Microwave Engineering
Biography:
Neil Craig received an M.S.E.E. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1998. He also received an MBA
from Northeastern in 2003. His was hired as a design engineer at M/A-Com designing mobile handset converters in
GaAs MESFET and PHEMT. In 2005 he received two patents for tunable cavity filter structures after moving to the
newly formed technology commercialization group. In 2007 he joined Hittite Microwave (now Analog Devices) as a
business development manager where he ran the development of a high reliability integrated subsystem module product
line. In 2011, he joined Nitronex, a GaN-on-Si based startup, as the design engineering manager focusing on high power
discrete transistors. In 2013, he joined Triquint (now Qorvo) as a Sr. Engineering manager. Presently, Neil is
responsible for the centralized test organization in Texas, GaN and GaAs modeling in Qorvo’s infrastructure and defense
department (IDP) and IDP centralized capital management. He has taught a weekly management and leadership seminar
since late 2013 and has begun working on a Qorvo wide leadership development initiative with other thought leaders
inside the company.
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