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RF Test Engineer – 5 Skills In High Demand

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Radio frequency test engineers can be found in both manufacturing environments and in development teams for advanced RF products and projects.

So what skills do employers look for in their RF test engineers?

The most common degree requested by companies is a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering, although frequently employers also will accept computer engineering or another technical field such as mathematics, computer science or physics.

In addition, some employers – particularly defence contractors – ask that prospective job hunters have, or be eligible for, security clearances.

 

The top five skills for RF test engineers include:

  • RF knowledge
    Entry level applicants may be able to just have knowledge of RF fundamentals, but most positions want prospective hires to have detailed knowledge of cellular and/or Wi-Fi technologies, including how to measure and characterize various types of spectrum.
  • Experience with test instrumentation
    Since the job focuses on RF testing, being comfortable with and understanding RF test equipment is a crucial part of the job. Equipment that RF test engineers frequently work with includes spectrum analyzers, signal generators, vector network analyzers, power supplies, power meters, battery emulators and pulse generators. Employers typically want to see employees with experience in set-up of test equipment, including understanding of the impact of cabling and familiarity with de-bugging.
  • Data analysis skills 
    RF test engineers don’t just generate data, they need to be able to analyze it to create reports, troubleshoot and have a deep understanding of the test data to communicate with others. So familiarity with data analytics, databases, measurement uncertainty concepts and calculations, correlation analysis and process capability statistical analysis are often skills that employers want to see – along with a general analytical and problem solving mindset.
  • Software and scripting skills
    Knowledge of C/C++ scripting, familiarity with the MatLab and LabView software platforms and other software skills such as Python. RF test engineers are often responsible for test plan development and scripting as part of technical test engineering support.
  • Communication skills
    RF test engineers need to be able to have good written and verbal skills for communicating with their own team as well as other parts of their employers’ business – often, that includes the ability to communicate highly technical concepts to others without a technical background.

 

 

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Why Every Software Programmer should learn C#

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C# is a general-purpose programming language designed originally by Microsoft in order to be used for application development within the Microsoft Platform.

C# is an extremely popular language because of its easy and well-designed usability. For any developers looking to start building applications for the Microsoft platform, C# is a must-know language!

 

Beginner Friendliness

Simple to Get Started With

C# was designed to be simple and easy to use. Since C# is a high level language, it reads somewhat closer to English. In addition, C# abstracts away (i.e. handles for you) most of the complex details of the machine (computer) so you can focus on programming instead of worrying about the little details many consider both tedious and difficult.

If you’re planning to get into C# game development, then Unity is also designed to be easy to get started with as well.

Slightly More Complex

As a lower level language than very high level languages such as Python, it may take time to learn everything about C#, and sometimes it may take a bit more code to get some working prototype. However, as you get a hang of things, C# will become easier.

 

Scalability

Easy to Maintain

A statically-typed language, which means your code will be checked for errors before it gets built into an app. Errors will be easier to track down, and since statically-typed languages are also more strict with how you code something, the codebase in general will be more consistent and thus easier to maintain as it grows in size and complexity.

Fast

As a statically typed language, C# is faster than dynamically typed languages because things are more clearly defined. Thus, when the app is running, your machine’s resources will not be wasted on checking the definition of something in your code.

Community

First of all, community size is important, because the larger a programming language community is, the more support you’d be likely to get. As you step into the programming world, you’ll soon understand how vital support is, as the developer community is all about giving and receiving help. Moreover, the larger a community, the more people will be building useful tools to make development in that particular language easier. As of now, there are over 600 notable programming languages world-wide.

So, with that context in mind, let’s get into the details of the C# community size.

Meetup Communities

At meetups, you can generally network and learn from fellow developers in real life. Meetups often offer mentorship to those who want it as well. There are hundreds of groups dedicated to the programming language which you can join online. In terms of programming languages, C# has the 7th largest Meetup community.

What’s more, Unity is the most popular game engine that is cross-platform compatible, and it has a very large community with over 4.5 million registered developers and the greatest global market share in terms of game engines (45% so far). The Unity forum is extremely active, so if you want to develop games or virtual reality apps, Unity is a great choice where you’d easily be able to get support and also have access to tools built by fellow Unity developers.

Endless Career Opportunities

16% of the top 100 million websites are powered by the ASP.NET framework, of which many might be using C#, so there are some opportunities in enterprise-level backend development. However, tech giants mainly use Java for its better portability and tools. Nonetheless, if you know already C#, it shouldn’t be too hard to pick up Java if push comes to shove.

With the rise of indie game development, C# developers are likely to have better opportunity, since Unity has pretty much become the de facto game engine for indie game development.

Future

As C# was developed by Microsoft to build apps on the Microsoft platform, Microsoft will likely make sure to keep C# relevant and updated.

A programming language’s ability to stay relevant and survive also depends on whether the language is getting new blood. In terms of search volume according to Google Adwords, C# has a healthy number of search volume and is the 5th place in terms of the programming language people are most interested in learning.

Interest in learning the programming language grew by 22.2 ％ in 2015 and continues to rise every year!

Virtual Reality will likely continue to be a big thing, and independent game development will continue to grow in popularity. Since Unity is a major player in VR/game development, C# has a pretty optimistic future.

 

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IT Jobs Feature: Employers seek Self-Taught Developers

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As the skills gap leaves firms scrambling for tech talent to fill IT Jobs, self-taught developers are taking advantage of the need for skilled workers

A study into IT Jobs analytics by jobs website, Hired, has found 26% of developers in the UK have no listed university education, and have taught themselves coding skills.

Hired’s CEO Mehul Patel said some firms put a lot of stake in a potential candidates CV, and they could be missing out on talented people who are more likely to fit into the organisation’s culture.

“People tend to look for certain major indicators of success, but you need to have a hiring process that’s flexible enough to recognise talent even if they don’t have the right school or the right degree. The folk who self-teach and self-learn are passionate and dedicated,” he said.

There is currently a skills gap in the UK, with firms unable to find candidates with the tech skills they need to fill IT Jobs and empty digital jobs costing the economy approximately £2bn a year.

Hired’s research found a growing gap between demand for security and data IT jobs and the number of people with these particular skills.

In the past 12 months, there has been a 222% increase in the number ofinterview requests made by employers for security engineering roles, and a 234% increase for data engineers.

Patel claimed although there has been an increase in the number of employers looking for people to fill these IT Jobs, the domestic supply has not risen to match it.

“The areas most in demand in the digital economy are, unsurprisingly, security and data. There is a widening gap between demand for these services and the lack of supply to match that,” he said.

According to the research, part of the problem is a lack of supply coming from the UK, with a third of tech talent coming to the UK from the European Union (EU).

UK Talent Shortage

“If there’s a growing skills gap, there is also a supply issue – particularly a domestic supply issue,” said Patel.

Research shows there has been a year-on-year increase in the number of UK computer science undergraduates, but whether they are leaving university with the skills they need to enter the tech workplace is a different story.

“Over the past decade computer science graduate numbers have declined, so there are less people with computer science degrees,” said Patel.

Children in the UK between the ages of five and 16 are required to learn about coding and computational thinking as part of the curriculum.

“There has been good progress in terms of building tech into the national curriculum, but it has not gone far enough – even coding is very recent,” said Patel.

More than 80% of the people taking computer science degrees in the UK in 2015 were men, and Patel warns companies of shutting out “half of the population who could add value”.

Patel claimed some of this lack of uptake in computer science over the past few years could be down to negative perceptions and stereotypes of the industry.

“There’s a perception issue in the UK where software engineering isn’t seen as a very desirable career choice,” he said. “As a young student in the UK you will be taught information technology, but it’s not enough to really equip you and get you excited.”

– Clare McDonald

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