Sr Principal Design Engineer - Hillsboro, OR, United States
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
Design RF and microwave power amplifiers for wireless communications applications.
About the role
This role involves the design, simulation, development, characterization, and production support of RF and microwave power amplifiers for wireless communications applications. The position will focus on optimizing gain, efficiency, bandwidth, and linearity through the design of input, output, and interstage matching networks.
What you'll do
- Develop modules for wireless communications applications.
- Conduct design, simulation, development, characterization, and production support of RF and microwave power amplifiers.
- Design input, output, and interstage matching networks to optimize gain, efficiency, bandwidth, and linearity.
- Perform load-pull, source-pull, harmonic balance, stability, and EM simulations.
- Interface with filter designers, Ant Switch designers, and product engineering to improve yields and introduce new products to manufacturing.
- Act as a technical leader to find solutions and assign work responsibilities to RF technicians.
- Characterize and validate designs using Test benches including Sig Gen, Spec An, Power Meter, VNA, and probe-station.
What you'll need
- M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.
- 10+ years of experience in RF semiconductors.
- Agilent ADS and HFSS EM simulation experience.
- Experience in RF circuit design.
- Experience with RF measurement equipment such as spectrum analyzers and network analyzers.
Skills: RF and microwave power amplifiers, wireless communications, load-pull, Agilent ADS, HFSS
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 46-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
273
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Median days open
46 d
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Median salary
$162k
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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 (273 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 46 | 273 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 72 | 1384 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 29 d | 46 d (−17 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $162k |
Skills observed across this category: RF and microwave power amplifiers, wireless communications, load-pull, Agilent ADS, HFSS
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO (this employer) · 44 open roles · median 29 d
- Skyworks · 42 open roles · median 35 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 67 d
- Apple · 23 open roles · median 20 d
- Keysight Technologies · 23 open roles · median 181 d
- Analog Devices · 13 open roles · median 45 d
How we counted: 273 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 35 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 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.