(Senior) RF Engineer mmW Innovation (f/m/d) - Hamburg, Germany
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
Join the Terahertz Lab, a system-level RF competence center supporting product development and innovation projects for multiple product lines.
About the role
This role involves contributing to product development and innovation projects within the high-frequency technologies domain at NXP Germany.
What you'll do
- Contribute to concept development, feasibility studies, prototyping, simulation, and validation for future RF technologies.
- Conceptualize, design, and implement automated RF and communications test solutions with software-controlled environments.
- Develop test specifications, test plans, and test instructions for efficient and performant test solutions.
- Perform system-level RF simulations and electro-magnetic full-wave simulations.
- Characterize and behaviorally model RF components and devices.
- Design, prototype, and build RF demonstrators for mmWave and sub-THz applications.
What you'll need
- Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, or Physics.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in RF engineering.
- Deep understanding of test methods and measurement techniques for RF, communications, and/or radar.
- Practical experience in software and hardware debugging and troubleshooting.
- Proficient in RF/mmWave system-level simulation tools, like Keysight SystemVue, and experience with full-wave EM simulation tools, like HFSS.
- Hands-on experience with programming languages, like Python, MATLAB.
- Basic knowledge of statistical methods and data analysis.
- Fluent in German and English (spoken and written).
Skills: mmWave, RF simulations, test solutions, measurement techniques, HFSS
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 43-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
258
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Median days open
43 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 | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (258 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 258 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 40 | 1348 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 35 d | 43 d (−8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: mmWave, RF simulations, test solutions, measurement techniques, HFSS
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 48 open roles · median 35 d
- Skyworks · 39 open roles · median 29 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 61 d
- Keysight Technologies · 22 open roles · median 162 d
- Apple · 19 open roles · median 19 d
- Analog Devices · 13 open roles · median 39 d
How we counted: 258 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 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.