PA Design Engineering Intern - Chelmsford, MA, United States
$31 - $42 USD yearly
Originally posted 26 August 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on power amplifiers for wireless communication applications.
About the role
This PA Design Engineering Intern role involves designing power amplifiers and supporting their development for RF modules used in wireless communication applications.
What you'll do
- Design power amplifiers and investigate new architectures/circuits.
- Perform schematic capture, circuit simulations, and layout of RF PA integrated circuits, modules, and evaluation boards.
- Validate PA design and module layout performance with commercial 2D or 3D EM modeling and Electro-Thermal Solver.
- Produce designs with increasing complexity for 5G, LTE, carrier aggregation, multiple antennas, filters, and power management.
- Work with signal generators, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and power meters to collect lab data and validate modeling accuracy.
What you'll need
- Currently pursuing a MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Applied Physics.
- Minimum GPA of 3.0.
- Analog/RF circuit design coursework and/or experience.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Nice to have
- Electromagnetic and/or Microwave Engineering coursework and/or experience.
- Exposure to RF measurement equipment such as spectrum analyzers and network analyzers.
- Software exposure: Cadence, ADS, FEM, HFSS, Momentum, Cadence. Electro-thermal simulation.
Skills: power amplifiers, RF modules, circuit simulations, EM modeling, 5G
This role has been open 28 days — well below the 46-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
267
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Median days open
46 d
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Median salary
$164k
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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 (267 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 44 | 267 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 70 | 1364 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 30 d | 46 d (−16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $164k |
Skills observed across this category: power amplifiers, RF modules, circuit simulations, EM modeling, 5G
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO (this employer) · 45 open roles · median 30 d
- Skyworks · 42 open roles · median 34 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 66 d
- Apple · 23 open roles · median 19 d
- Keysight Technologies · 23 open roles · median 180 d
- Analog Devices · 13 open roles · median 44 d
How we counted: 267 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 28 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.