Engineering Technician - San Jose, CA, United States
$74,880 - $97,760 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 July 2026 by the employer.
Join QORVO's Infrastructure and Defense Products (IDP) team.
About the role
This role involves supporting the Test Engineering Group by conducting Design Validation Testing.
What you'll do
- Conduct DC and RF testing from DC to mmWave frequencies in an RF lab environment.
- Contribute to the Design Validation Testing process.
- Set up and calibrate S-parameters and power test stations following QORVO standards.
- Perform limited test setup troubleshooting and assemble fixtures wire harnesses.
- Interact with test development engineers to support test setup improvement.
- Support training sessions and provide guidance to less experienced team members.
What you'll need
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in RF component testing.
- Familiarity with RF testing.
- Proficiency with test equipment including PXI systems, RF sources, pulse generators, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, noise figure analyzers, power meters, power supplies, and digital multi-meters.
- Knowledge of RF testing including S-parameters, noise figure, power, pulsed power, high power RF, TOI, harmonics, ACP, Video Bandwidth (VBW), digital pre-distortion (DPD), and modulation testing (AM/AM, AM/PM, PAM, LTE/TDD, WCDMA, QAM).
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- AS Engineering degree and 8 years of experience in RF testing.
Nice to have
- Excellent communication, meeting facilitation, and presentation skills.
- Team player contribution.
Skills: RF Engineering, DC and RF testing, mmWave frequencies, RF component testing, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers
This role has been open 75 days — well above the 53-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
269
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Median days open
53 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 | QORVO | All employers we track in this specialty (269 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 45 | 269 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 73 | 1402 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 37 d | 53 d (−16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: RF Engineering, DC and RF testing, mmWave frequencies, RF component testing, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO (this employer) · 46 open roles · median 37 d
- Skyworks · 41 open roles · median 42 d
- Keysight Technologies · 25 open roles · median 162 d
- Qualcomm · 24 open roles · median 104 d
- Apple · 22 open roles · median 20 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 59 d
How we counted: 269 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 35 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 7 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.