RF Validation Engineer Co-op (Summer/Fall 2027) - Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
$26 - $47 USD yearly
Work on RF connectivity products at Skyworks.
About the role
This role involves measuring RF circuits and analyzing RF performance test data to improve the performance of new designs. You will work on RF connectivity products covering a range of solutions, end markets, and applications.
What you'll do
- Support design and test evaluations, along with data validation of multi-chip-modules with integrated power amplifiers, switches, acoustic filters, LNAs, and CMOS controllers.
- Perform RF tests, evaluate, summarize, and present data to design engineers.
- Assist design using RF modeling tools and the production team in analyzing test data.
What you'll need
- Currently enrolled in an Electrical Engineering BS or MS program, returning to school after completion of the Co-Op.
- Ability to complete a 6-month Co-Op term prior to graduation (Summer/Fall 2027).
- Strong background in RF and Microwave design.
- Knowledge in RF parameters (insertion loss, return loss, harmonics, IMD, IIP2/3, VSWR, NF).
- Experience using RF equipment such as oscilloscope, VNA, spectrum analyzer, RF sources.
- Debugging experience.
Skills: RF circuits, RF performance, VNA, spectrum analyzer, RFIC
This role has been open 27 days — well below the 46-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
257
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Median days open
46 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 | Skyworks | All employers we track in this specialty (257 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 38 | 257 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 63 | 1344 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 30 d | 46 d (−16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: RF circuits, RF performance, VNA, spectrum analyzer, RFIC
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 48 open roles · median 34 d
- Skyworks (this employer) · 37 open roles · median 31 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 60 d
- Keysight Technologies · 23 open roles · median 174 d
- Apple · 19 open roles · median 18 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 44 d
How we counted: 257 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 Sept 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.