Senior RFIC Design Engineer
$148,987 - $209,200 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 September 2026 by the employer — open 5 days.
About the role
This role involves the definition, design, and development of complex radio frequency integrated circuits within System-on-Chips and discrete RFICs.
What you'll do
- Independently plan and perform moderately-defined responsibilities for RFIC definition, design, and development.
- Perform radio signal path and circuit topology analysis.
- Conduct detailed transistor-level design of highly-integrated transceivers and associated blocks for wireless applications.
- Utilize complex analysis, simulation, engineering, science, and mathematical principles to compose algorithm structures.
- Assess processing requirements and select devices to meet requirements.
- Debug and assess performance of algorithms in actual application hardware.
What you'll need
- Master's Degree (or foreign academic equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related degree field.
- Experience with 4G, 5G, WLAN, BT, and GPS standards.
- Familiarity with design in advanced CMOS nodes such as 14nm, 28 nm.
- Experience with complex analysis, simulation, engineering, science, and mathematical principles.
- Experience with performance assessment and device selection.
Skills: RFIC design, advanced CMOS nodes, circuit design, performance assessment, device selection
This role has been open 4 days — well below the 39-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
39 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 | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (258 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 26 | 258 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 74 | 1339 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 57 d | 39 d (+18 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: RFIC design, advanced CMOS nodes, circuit design, performance assessment, device selection
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 48 open roles · median 30 d
- Skyworks · 36 open roles · median 28 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 26 open roles · median 57 d
- Keysight Technologies · 23 open roles · median 171 d
- Apple · 20 open roles · median 16 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 41 d
How we counted: 258 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 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.