EM Design Engineer
$139,400 - $209,200 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves the design, EM simulation, and circuit modeling of passive RF passive components for use in RFIC designs. You will contribute to highly integrated RF integrated circuits using deep sub-micron 6nm and 14ff CMOS and SOI technologies.
What you'll do
- Design and develop RF passive components for highly integrated RF integrated circuits.
- Work with the circuit design team to optimize component sizes and performance.
- Deliver components including compact models and DRC clean physical designs.
- Execute isolation analysis and optimization to reduce on-chip and chip to package coupling.
- Optimize multichip carriers for RF systems, focusing on loss and isolation.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of experience designing RF/Analog circuits for wireless products and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience, OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience, OR PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 2+ years of academic or professional experience using two or more of the following software: CADENCE, Virtuoso, ADS.
Nice to have
- Experience in the design and simulation of RF passive components such as inductors, transformers, MOM capacitors and passive filters.
- Demonstrated abilities with EM simulation techniques and tools including MoM EM solvers, HFSS, and EMX.
- Experience with circuit design and layout using Cadence tools and Agilent ADS.
- Compact RLCK Model extraction of multiport passive components.
- Ability to use EM tools to predict circuit level electric and magnetic coupling.
Skills: RF passive components, EM simulation, MoM EM solvers, HFSS, EMX
This role has been open 69 days — well above the 51-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
265
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$162k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (265 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 24 | 265 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 72 | 1400 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 103 d | 51 d (+52 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $162k |
Skills observed across this category: RF passive components, EM simulation, MoM EM solvers, HFSS, EMX
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 46 open roles · median 35 d
- Skyworks · 41 open roles · median 40 d
- Keysight Technologies · 24 open roles · median 174 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 24 open roles · median 102 d
- Apple · 20 open roles · median 19 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 265 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 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.