Senior Principal Analog/RF Design Engineer (m/f/d) - Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4SW, United Kingdom
Originally posted 28 July 2026 by the employer — open 44 days.
Work on wireless transceivers for UWB products.
About the role
This role involves developing high-quality Analog/RF systems and sub-systems. The focus is on wireless transceivers for UWB products in Automotive, Mobile, Industrial, IoT, and Consumer applications.
What you'll do
- Create and develop high-quality Analog/RF systems and sub-systems, including design, verification, and testing.
- Write verification plans and develop automated test benches.
- Create, document, and verify behavioral models of analog and analog-mixed-signal blocks (e.g., VerilogA/AMS, SystemVerilog-RNM, Wreal).
- Design and verify Analog/RF blocks and sub-blocks (e.g., Transmitter, PA, LNA, Filters, ADC) to at least 20GHz.
- Ensure designs follow industry best practices, including Design-For-Test (DFT), isolation, and power optimization.
- Collaborate with IC Layout Design Engineers, mixed signal, digital/systems, software, applications, and test teams.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering or a related field.
- 15+ years of Analog/RF design experience (or an advanced degree with equivalent experience).
- Experience working on circuit design of Transceivers.
- Excellent working knowledge of the Cadence Virtuoso design environment.
- Detailed design experience with analog/mixed-signal circuits on advanced CMOS nodes.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering or a related field.
- Experience with high-frequency RF designs.
- Experienced in getting chip designs to product release.
- Working knowledge of EM field solvers such as Momentum, EMX, HFSS.
Skills: Analog/RF systems, Transmitter, PA, LNA, Filters, ADC, Cadence Virtuoso
This role has been open 43 days — below the 44-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
255
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Median days open
44 d
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Median salary
$164k
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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 (255 roles · 32 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 52 | 255 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 80 | 1320 · 101 employers |
| Median days open | 22 d | 44 d (−22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $164k |
Skills observed across this category: Analog/RF systems, Transmitter, PA, LNA, Filters, ADC, Cadence Virtuoso
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO (this employer) · 52 open roles · median 22 d
- Skyworks · 36 open roles · median 22 d
- Qualcomm · 29 open roles · median 63 d
- Keysight Technologies · 26 open roles · median 164 d
- Apple · 15 open roles · median 20 d
- Analog Devices · 11 open roles · median 45 d
How we counted: 255 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 32 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 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.