Principal Member of Technical Staff RF Design Engineering
$167,000 - $275,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role focuses on developing RF front-end solutions and designing core RF IC building blocks, including switches, antenna tuners, and low noise amplifiers, utilizing GlobalFoundries RFSOI technologies.
What you'll do
- Design and develop RF switches, antenna tuners, low noise amplifiers, and associated digital, analog, and control circuit blocks for 5G FR1/FR3 cellular and Wi-Fi applications.
- Perform RF IC schematic design, layout, parasitic extraction, electromagnetic simulations, and pre-silicon verification using standard industry software tools.
- Design circuits for high manufacturability yield, long term reliability, ruggedness, and industry standard ESD performance.
- Define and execute detailed characterization and validation test plans to assess silicon performance and establish correlation between simulation results and measured data.
- Develop clear design documentation, including architecture, simulations, and design trade-offs.
- Engage with customers to communicate technology capabilities, understand needs, and translate design requirements into effective reference designs.
What you'll need
- M.S. degree in electrical engineering or related field with minimum 8 years of relevant experience OR B.S. degree in electrical engineering or related field with minimum 11 years of relevant experience.
- Prior experience in RFSOI technologies including tapeouts of relevant circuits.
- Deep knowledge and demonstrated experience in standard industry CAD tools (Cadence, EMX, ADS etc) and tapeout procedures (corner analysis, DRC and LVS checks etc).
- Knowledge of communications system architecture and RF front-end architecture for cellular and Wi-Fi consumer products.
- Experience in engaging with large global customers and technology partners, presenting technical features and translating them into benefits for the target application.
Nice to have
- Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering or related field with minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated production tapeouts of RFSOI switch, tuner or LNA circuits in high volume.
- Deep domain expertise in RF front end architecture, specification definition and system design.
- Project management skills.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
Skills: RF switches, antenna tuners, low noise amplifiers, RFSOI technologies, RF IC schematic design, electromagnetic simulations
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 44-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
262
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Median days open
44 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 | GlobalFoundries | All employers we track in this specialty (262 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 262 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 11 | 1349 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 89 d | 44 d (+45 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $166k |
Skills observed across this category: RF switches, antenna tuners, low noise amplifiers, RFSOI technologies, RF IC schematic design, electromagnetic simulations
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 47 open roles · median 36 d
- Skyworks · 39 open roles · median 30 d
- Qualcomm · 27 open roles · median 62 d
- Keysight Technologies · 22 open roles · median 163 d
- Apple · 20 open roles · median 20 d
- Analog Devices · 13 open roles · median 40 d
How we counted: 262 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 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.