Senior Technician, RF Test Engineering - San Diego, CA, United States
$36 - $44 USD hourly
Originally posted 29 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The primary responsibility of the Senior RF Lab Technician is to maintain laboratory readiness in support of all product development testing activities. This includes maintaining Test Engineering lab assets such as automated test and handling equipment, configuring custom bench test setups, and supporting calibration and maintenance.
What you'll do
- Maintain laboratory readiness in support of product development testing activities and manage test equipment calibration and repair schedules. - Lead diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving hardware and software failures within test and handling systems to minimize downtime. - Manage inventory of laboratory assets and specialized component consumables, and support requisition of laboratory supplies. - Support construction, assembly, and validation of custom test systems or fixtures, including precision PCBA rework and component-level modifications. - Independently perform complex system-level, PCB-level, and component-level root-cause analysis and drive corrective actions. - Develop documentation and continuously improve laboratory procedures, test workflows, troubleshooting guides, and equipment handling standards.
What you'll need
- Minimum of 8 years related experience in an RF product development or Test Engineering laboratory environment. - Demonstrated RF test and measurement skills, including advanced expertise with automated and manual RF test systems and calibration methods. - Experience operating and troubleshooting test and diagnostic equipment, including ATE systems, automated wafer probers, final test handlers, oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators. - Strong experience in multi-level diagnostics, including system-level analysis, PCB-level schematic tracing, and component-level root cause identification. - Ability to independently build and service RF test fixtures and shielded setups to specification, interpret drawings and GD&T, and apply calibrated torque for precision RF connectors. - Proven experience troubleshooting complex mechanical issues, implementing fixture improvements, and performing preventive maintenance.
This role has been open 114 days — slightly above the 113-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
192
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Median days open
113 d
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Median salary
$129k
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| Metric | pSemi | All employers we track in this specialty (192 roles · 57 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 192 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 7 | 2244 · 112 employers |
| Median days open | 85 d | 113 d (−28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $129k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne · 14 open roles · median 116 d
- Qualcomm · 12 open roles · median 111 d
- Renesas Electronics · 12 open roles · median 104 d
- onsemi · 10 open roles · median 137 d
- Infineon Technologies · 9 open roles · median 119 d
- Marvell Technology · 9 open roles · median 119 d
How we counted: 192 open Silicon Test Engineering (Silicon Validation) roles from 57 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 22 Oct 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.