$160,200 - $240,200 USD yearly
Originally posted August 12, 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves the design, EM simulation, and circuit modeling of passive RF components for use in RFIC designs in deep sub-micron CMOS and SOI technologies.
What you'll do
- Design and develop RF passive components for integrated RF circuits in deep sub-micron CMOS and SOI technologies.
- Work with the circuit design team to optimize component sizes and performance for RF circuit blocks.
- Deliver components that include compact models and DRC clean physical designs.
- Execute isolation analysis and optimization to reduce on-chip and chip-package-PCB coupling.
- Optimize multichip carriers for RF systems, focusing on loss and isolation.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
- 4+ years of RF and electromagnetic design, verification, or related system/package design/technology engineering experience (or Master's degree with 3+ years, or PhD with 2+ years).
Nice to have
- Experience in the design and simulation of RF passive components such as inductors, transformers, MOM capacitors, and passive filters.
- Experience with EM simulation techniques and EM solvers such as EMX, Helic, Peakview, HFSS, or Clarity.
- Experience with circuit design and layout using Cadence tools and Keysight ADS.
- Compact RLCK Model extraction of multiport passive components.
- Ability to use EM tools to predict circuit level electric and magnetic coupling.
- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
Skills: EM simulation, EMX, HFSS, RF passive components, Cadence, ADS
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First seen in our index 93 days ago, well above the 52-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
274
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Median days since first seen
52 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$167k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (274 roles · 36 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 30 | 274 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 85 | 1561 · 118 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 97 d | 52 d (−45 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $167k |
Skills observed across this category: EM simulation, EMX, HFSS, RF passive components, Cadence, ADS
Who's hiring in this category
- Skyworks · 55 open roles · median 51 d
- Apple · 39 open roles · median 24 d
- Keysight Technologies · 34 open roles · median 59 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 30 open roles · median 96 d
- MACOM · 17 open roles · median 17 d
- Analog Devices · 11 open roles · median 91 d
How we counted: 274 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 36 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 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 Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.