RF Systems Engineer
$155,400 - $233,200 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Modem RF Systems team is hiring an RF Systems Engineer to work on RF systems architectural design, radio transceiver specifications analysis, and SW/FW algorithm design within the radio transceiver systems team.
What you'll do
- Develop IC specifications and system algorithms working with ASIC designers and System Engineers.
- Bring up complex system-level features co-working with the ecosystem.
- Interact closely with RF systems, RFIC, and SW teams to analyze different aspects of radio systems.
- Sustain efforts for ongoing chip designs, including spreadsheet and Matlab analysis.
- Support the Applications Engineering team to solve complex RF system issues seen on customer platforms.
- Contribute to chipset integration of hardware, software, and firmware, present to technical audiences, and write technical reports.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field and 4+ years of Electrical Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience (or a Master's degree and 3+ years, or a PhD and 2+ years).
- Experience working with hardware, software, or firmware integration and system-level feature bring-up.
- Experience with radio systems analysis and IC specification development alongside ASIC designers.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5 years of experience with programming (e.g., C, C++, Python), computer architecture, or embedded systems.
- 1 year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
- 1 year of applicable wireless, semiconductor, and/or embedded software industry experience.
- Knowledge of cellular radio/3GPP standards (GSM, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, 5G NR FR1, 5G NR FR2).
- Experience using and automating mobile standards test equipment.
- Experience in Python and/or MATLAB, ADS, or HFSS simulation tools.
- Industry experience in cellular transceiver architectures, RF front-end architectures, cellular handset design, RF circuit design, system modeling and mitigation of RF impairments, PA system design and efficiency enhancement techniques, synthesizer design, or RF coexistence management across multiple radio technologies.
Skills: cellular transceiver, RF front-end, 5G NR, system modeling, ADS
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 56-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
298
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Median days open
56 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$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 (298 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 23 | 298 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 74 | 1523 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 98 d | 56 d (+42 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: cellular transceiver, RF front-end, 5G NR, system modeling, ADS
Who's hiring in this category
- Skyworks · 56 open roles · median 37 d
- QORVO · 41 open roles · median 60 d
- Apple · 32 open roles · median 15 d
- Keysight Technologies · 28 open roles · median 76 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 22 open roles · median 105 d
- MACOM · 18 open roles · median 2 d
How we counted: 298 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 35 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 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.