RF Product and Bench Test Engineer, Staff
$134,800 - $202,200 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 April 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Plans, designs, and develops electronic systems, circuits, components, integrated circuitry, and packaging while conducting simulations and analyses of designs. Evaluates, characterizes, and develops manufacturing and test solutions across production programs to improve yield, test time, and quality.
What you'll do
- Develop basic to moderately complex features and components of hardware designs in line with product proposals or roadmaps. - Apply design rules and processes for electronic hardware, equipment, and integrated circuitry. - Develop design implementation, analysis, methodology, flows, and automation for development and validation of System on Chip, electronic parts, and integrated circuitry. - Identify methods to optimize tests and hardware designs by evaluating device performance across operating conditions and configurations. - Assist in conducting specialized analyses, including feasibility studies, signal integrity, power integrity, and teardown analyses. - Interface with cross-functional teams including RF, Analog and Digital IC designers, Software, System Engineering, Test Engineers, and Operations to incorporate design and test solutions.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience (or Master's degree and 3+ years, or PhD and 2+ years). - Experience reading device specification sheets and interpreting details required to design hardware features. - Experience troubleshooting product designs, suggestions for solutions, and documenting lessons learned. - Experience with hardware design verification, test evaluation, and characterization.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field. - 4 years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. - 2 years of experience with circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF). - 2 years of experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit simulation software. - 2 years of experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and RF tools.
Skills: RF, circuit design, schematic capture, circuit simulation, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscope
This role has been open 178 days — well above the 61-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
258
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Median days open
61 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 | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (258 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 23 | 258 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 76 | 1435 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 107 d | 61 d (+46 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: RF, circuit design, schematic capture, circuit simulation, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscope
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 41 open roles · median 55 d
- Skyworks · 36 open roles · median 59 d
- Keysight Technologies · 28 open roles · median 104 d
- Apple · 23 open roles · median 9 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 23 open roles · median 108 d
- Analog Devices · 10 open roles · median 71 d
How we counted: 258 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 25 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.