R&D Software Staff Engineer – RF/Microwave Test Automation
$149,850 USD yearly
Originally posted 10 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As an R&D Software Staff Engineer, you will architect, develop, and validate software that controls precision instruments and automates the testing of microcircuits and modules. This role supports the hybrid microcircuits used across signal analyzers, signal sources, and electronic measurement products from early development through production.
What you'll do
- Lead software development across the full lifecycle, including requirements capture, architecture, implementation, validation, production release, and maintenance.
- Develop test scripts implementing calibration and measurement algorithms for microcircuits and modules during new product introduction (NPI).
- Develop software in C# within a Windows-based environment to control measurement hardware, including network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators.
- Create, integrate, and maintain instrument drivers that enable communication with and control of test instrumentation.
- Provide software-controlled bias and commands to the device under test (DUT), implementing performance parameters for selected signal paths alongside electrical test engineers.
- Verify software operation at hands-on test stations to isolate and resolve software, hardware, and measurement-setup issues.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
- Eight or more years of software engineering experience developing software that controls hardware, automates tests, or interfaces with electronic systems.
- Proven experience architecting and developing software solutions while providing technical leadership across development, integration, validation, and release.
- Experience with C#, Java, C++, or another object-oriented programming language, with the ability to develop in C# within a Windows-based environment.
- Experience using Microsoft Visual Studio and source control systems.
- Experience troubleshooting interactions between software and hardware to isolate issues across interfaces and subsystems.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
- Experience controlling electronic test instruments such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators.
- Experience developing instrument drivers, automated measurement sequences, or calibration software.
- Experience supporting RF, microwave, or millimeter-wave hardware testing.
- Experience developing and releasing test software for new product introduction or manufacturing environments.
- Experience improving software architecture, maintainability, reusability, and test-system performance.
Skills: C#, RF/Microwave, measurement algorithms, test automation, instrumentation control
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 49-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
203
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Median days since first seen
49 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$147k
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| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (203 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 12 | 203 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 155 | 6596 · 157 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 59 d | 49 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $147k |
Skills observed across this category: C#, RF/Microwave, measurement algorithms, test automation, instrumentation control
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation · 34 open roles · median 85 d
- Applied Materials · 30 open roles · median 46 d
- ASM International · 27 open roles · median 18 d
- Lam Research · 21 open roles · median 46 d
- Keysight Technologies (this employer) · 10 open roles · median 93 d
- Teradyne · 10 open roles · median 48 d
How we counted: 203 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.