Acoustic Filter Design Co-Op (Winter/Spring 2027) - Irvine, CA, United States
$26 - $48 USD yearly
About the role
This co-op position is within the filter design team at Skyworks Irvine Site, focusing on improving the design efficiency of acoustic filters, including SAW and BAW technology, for RF front-end modules.
What you'll do
- Design acoustic wave filters for integration into RF modules.
- Follow engineering practices to ensure reliability, sustainability, and high production yield.
- Work with module and systems teams to set filter performance criteria.
What you'll need
- Current student majoring in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
- Understanding of RF fundamentals such as impedance matching, distributed systems, passive RLC and resonant circuits, noise, linearity, bandwidth and stability.
- Prior experience in EM simulation of RF systems.
- Strong circuit simulation skills utilizing Agilent ADS/Cadence and 2.5/3D EM tools such as Momentum or HFSS.
Nice to have
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or related field.
- Ability to develop stand-alone engineering tools/scripts via Python and/or MATLAB.
- Understanding of cellular RF systems.
Skills: acoustic wave filters, RF modules, EM simulation, Agilent ADS, HFSS
This role has been open 19 days — well below the 41-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
257
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Median days open
41 d
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Median salary
$165k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Skyworks | All employers we track in this specialty (257 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 36 | 257 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 60 | 1337 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 30 d | 41 d (−11 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: acoustic wave filters, RF modules, EM simulation, Agilent ADS, HFSS
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 47 open roles · median 33 d
- Skyworks (this employer) · 36 open roles · median 30 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 59 d
- Keysight Technologies · 23 open roles · median 173 d
- Apple · 20 open roles · median 18 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 43 d
How we counted: 257 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.