Sr Principal Design Engineer - Hillsboro, OR, United States
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves the design, simulation, development, characterization, and production support of RF and microwave power amplifiers for wireless communications.
What you'll do
- Design, simulate, develop, characterize, and provide production support for RF and microwave power amplifiers.
- Design input, output, and interstage matching networks to optimize gain, efficiency, bandwidth, and linearity.
- Conduct load-pull, source-pull, harmonic balance, stability, and EM simulations.
- Interface with filter designers and switch designers, and collaborate with product engineering to improve yields and introduce new products.
- Act as a liaison between design engineering, product engineering, and characterization engineering to ensure robust designs for high volume production.
- 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.
- Experience with ADS and HFSS EM simulation.
- 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 2 days — well below the 48-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
272
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Median days open
48 d
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Median salary
$164k
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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 (272 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 46 | 272 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 75 | 1379 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 31 d | 48 d (−17 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $164k |
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) · 46 open roles · median 31 d
- Skyworks · 42 open roles · median 37 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 76 d
- Keysight Technologies · 25 open roles · median 156 d
- Apple · 21 open roles · median 21 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 53 d
How we counted: 272 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 35 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 Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.