Sr EDA Application Engineer - Barcelona, ES, Spain
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
This role supports electromagnetic (EM) simulation activities across RFIC, package, and module development teams.
About the role
This role supports electromagnetic (EM) simulation activities across RFIC, package, and module development teams. You will assist engineers with troubleshooting of EM simulation setup, modeling issues, investigating tool-related challenges, and supporting correlation and verification efforts.
What you'll do
- Provide day-to-day support to design teams using electromagnetic simulation tools.
- Assist engineers with simulation setup, model creation, meshing, convergence issues, and result interpretation.
- Investigate and troubleshoot EM simulation tool issues, bugs, and workflow challenges.
- Work with EDA vendors and internal teams to resolve software-related issues and improve tool usability.
- Assist with maintaining simulation environments, software releases, and computing resources.
- Support execution of EM simulations using available computing infrastructure.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of experience or an equivalent amount of advanced education and experience in RF, microwave, electromagnetics, or simulation-related engineering.
- Basic understanding of electromagnetic theory, RF fundamentals, and numerical simulation methods.
- Experience with Ansys HFSS, CST Microwave Studio, or similar EM simulation tools.
- Exposure to RFIC, MMIC, package, antenna, or RF module development.
Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline.
- Familiarity with Linux environments and high-performance computing systems.
- Basic Python scripting experience.
- Experience supporting or troubleshooting engineering software applications.
Skills: electromagnetic simulation tools, EM simulation, EDA vendors, Ansys HFSS, CST Microwave Studio, RFIC, MMIC, package, antenna
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 82-day median for EDA/CAD Engineering roles.
EDA/CAD Engineering · EDA Tools
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Open roles in category
683
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Median days open
82 d
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Median salary
$200k
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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 (683 roles · 76 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 683 |
| Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family | 8 | 1427 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 31 d | 82 d (−51 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $200k |
Skills observed across this category: electromagnetic simulation tools, EM simulation, EDA vendors, Ansys HFSS, CST Microwave Studio, RFIC, MMIC, package, antenna
Who's hiring in this category
- Cadence Design Systems · 167 open roles · median 162 d
- Synopsys · 49 open roles · median 38 d
- Micron Technology · 41 open roles · median 110 d
- NVIDIA · 41 open roles · median 68 d
- Qualcomm · 36 open roles · median 69 d
- GlobalFoundries · 26 open roles · median 49 d
How we counted: 683 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 76 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 1 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 Physical Implementation family row. Figures refresh nightly.