RFIC Design Engineer Intern - Chelmsford, MA, United States
$31 - $42 USD yearly
Originally posted 30 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This RFIC Design Engineer Intern will design, analyze, and simulate RF and analog/mixed-signal electronic integrated circuits.
What you'll do
- Specify, design, analyze, and simulate RF and analog/mixed-signal electronic integrated circuits.
- Implement RF blocks such as Power Amplifiers, LNAs, RF Switches, Phase Shifters, and Attenuators in silicon technologies.
- Calculate and simulate the effects of various parasitics using tools for Electro-Magnetic simulation and other semiconductor extraction tools.
- Support hardware assembly, test, and debugging in a laboratory setting.
- Summarize and document work in written and verbal reviews, and support peer design reviews.
What you'll need
- Current enrollment in MS or PhD Electrical Engineering with a minimum GPA 3.0.
- RF/Analog circuit design coursework and/or experience.
- Knowledge of RF simulation tools such as Cadence Spectre/SpectreRF, ADS, FEM, Momentum, and Cadence Dynamic Link.
- Proficient in circuit layout using Cadence Virtuoso or ability to guide layout designer to generate layouts using proper analog layout techniques.
Nice to have
- Experience using programming language tools such as Python, MATLAB or other software language tools.
Skills: RF and analog/mixed-signal electronic integrated circuits, Power Amplifiers, LNAs, RF Switches, Phase Shifters, Attenuators, Cadence Spectre/SpectreRF
This role has been open 29 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
273
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Median days open
46 d
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Median salary
$162k
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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 (273 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 44 | 273 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 70 | 1393 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 29 d | 46 d (−17 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $162k |
Skills observed across this category: RF and analog/mixed-signal electronic integrated circuits, Power Amplifiers, LNAs, RF Switches, Phase Shifters, Attenuators
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO (this employer) · 44 open roles · median 29 d
- Skyworks · 42 open roles · median 35 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 67 d
- Apple · 23 open roles · median 20 d
- Keysight Technologies · 23 open roles · median 181 d
- Analog Devices · 13 open roles · median 45 d
How we counted: 273 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 35 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 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.