RF Test Engineering Technician - Richardson, TX, United States
Originally posted 9 July 2026 by the employer.
Conduct DC and mmWave design validation testing for High Performance Analog Products.
About the role
This role executes Design Validation Testing within the Test Engineering Group in an RF lab environment, supporting Qorvo’s High Performance Analog Products team within Infrastructure and Defense Products. The position operates on an overnight compressed schedule with 12-hour shifts.
What you'll do
- Conduct DC and RF testing from DC to mmWave frequencies in an RF lab environment. - Contribute to the Design Validation Testing process. - Setup and calibrate [S] parameters and power test stations following Qorvo standards. - Perform limited test setup troubleshooting, and assemble fixtures and wire harnesses. - Interact with test development engineers to support test setup improvements when applicable. - Report test progress to management and customers, support training sessions, and guide less experienced team members.
What you'll need
- Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent amount of experience. - 2+ years of experience in RF component testing. - Proficiency with test equipment including PXI systems, RF sources, pulse generators, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, noise figure analyzers, power meters, power supplies, and digital multi-meters. - Knowledge in RF testing including S-parameters, noise figure, power, pulsed power, high power RF, TOI, harmonics, ACP, Video Bandwidth (VBW), digital pre-distortion (DPD), modulation testing (AM/AM, AM/PM, PAM, etc), and modulation schemes (LTE/TDD, WCDMA, QAM, etc). - Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. - Must be a US Person (US citizen, permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) to support work on US Government contracts.
Skills: RF testing, mmWave frequencies, design validation testing, test equipment, S-parameters
This role has been open 135 days — well above the 58-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
58 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 | QORVO | All employers we track in this specialty (262 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 41 | 262 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 65 | 1439 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 53 d | 58 d (−5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: RF testing, mmWave frequencies, design validation testing, test equipment, S-parameters
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO (this employer) · 43 open roles · median 53 d
- Skyworks · 36 open roles · median 57 d
- Keysight Technologies · 28 open roles · median 102 d
- Apple · 23 open roles · median 7 d
- Qualcomm · 23 open roles · median 106 d
- Analog Devices · 10 open roles · median 69 d
How we counted: 262 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 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.