Electronic Design Engineering, Senior - Newport Beach, CA, United States
Originally posted 5 August 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 28 October 2026.
Join the Diode Business Line to design microwave and millimeter-wave Hybrids and MMICs using Si and GaAs technologies.
About the role
MACOM is seeking a Senior Electronic Design Engineer to design, layout, test, and release control circuits for microwave and millimeter-wave applications based on Si and GaAs technologies. The position sits within the Diode Business Line focusing on Hybrids and MMICs.
What you'll do
- Design products including switches, limiters, digital and analog phase shifters, attenuators (serial and parallel), detectors, frequency multipliers, mixers, modulators/demodulators, CMOS drivers, sequencers, and multi-function Hybrids and MMICs. - Execute design and product development activities from kickoff through engineering evaluation, including writing test and assembly plans and procedures. - Collaborate with package and assembly teams to develop new packaging and assembly methods. - Initiate prototype builds, design evaluation boards and characterization fixtures, and perform or direct measurements to process and present evaluation data. - Partner with the Product Engineering group to transfer products into production following a formal stage-gate new product introduction process.
What you'll need
- Experience in microwave and millimeter-wave electrical circuit design. - Hands-on experience designing Hybrids and MMICs using Si and GaAs technologies. - Background designing microwave control circuits such as switches, limiters, phase shifters, attenuators, or mixers. - Experience developing evaluation boards, characterization fixtures, and test/assembly plans. - Familiarity with transferring products to production using formal stage-gate product introduction processes.
Skills: Microwave Control Circuit, Hybrid Design, MMIC Design, Diode Business Line
This role has been open 78 days — well above the 58-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
273
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$166k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | MACOM | All employers we track in this specialty (273 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 18 | 273 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 39 | 1540 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 58 d (−58 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $166k |
Skills observed across this category: Microwave Control Circuit, Hybrid Design, MMIC Design, Diode Business Line
Who's hiring in this category
- Skyworks · 46 open roles · median 48 d
- QORVO · 41 open roles · median 58 d
- Apple · 29 open roles · median 13 d
- Keysight Technologies · 28 open roles · median 107 d
- Qualcomm · 23 open roles · median 111 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 11 open roles · median 41 d
How we counted: 273 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 28 Oct 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.