Sr. Mgr, RF Engineering - US-CA-Fremont (1003), United States
$138,900 - $296,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 7 April 2026 by the employer.
About the role
You will lead an RF engineering organization responsible for delivering RF solutions across etch and deposition products throughout the full product lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Lead multiple RF engineering teams handling architecture, design, simulation, validation, and production support of RF systems, modules, and subsystems. - Establish and maintain technical standards, design practices, and review rigor to ensure performance, reliability, manufacturability, and regulatory compliance. - Partner with Product Management, Systems Engineering, Program Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Field organizations to execute cross-functional programs. - Translate business and customer requirements into RF technical strategies, roadmaps, and resourcing plans. - Provide technical leadership for critical design decisions, issue resolution, root cause analysis, and corrective action on escalated RF performance or reliability issues. - Manage budgeting, strategic planning, coaching, and career development initiatives across engineering teams.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, or a closely related discipline. - 10+ years of experience in RF engineering, including system, module, or subsystem development across design, validation, and production support. - 5+ years of engineering management experience leading teams of RF engineers and/or first-line managers. - Demonstrated technical leadership in RF architectures, modeling, simulation, test, and performance optimization. - Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and resolve complex technical issues.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field. - Experience with RF power delivery, matching networks, high-power RF, plasma systems, or adjacent high-reliability RF applications. - Strong background in process discipline, design reviews, FMEA/RCCA, and continuous improvement methodologies. - Experience operating in global, matrixed organizations and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
Skills: RF technical strategies, RF architectures, RF performance, matching networks, plasma systems
This role has been open 200 days — well above the 61-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
61 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 | Lam Research | All employers we track in this specialty (258 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 258 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 4 | 1439 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 200 d | 61 d (+139 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: RF technical strategies, RF architectures, RF performance, matching networks, plasma systems
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 41 open roles · median 55 d
- Skyworks · 36 open roles · median 59 d
- Keysight Technologies · 28 open roles · median 104 d
- Apple · 23 open roles · median 9 d
- Qualcomm · 23 open roles · median 108 d
- Analog Devices · 10 open roles · median 71 d
How we counted: 258 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 25 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 Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.