Sr Principal RF Systems Architect - Denver, CO, United States
$168,000 - $218,300 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 July 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on RF architecture for Radar, communications, and SATCOM.
About the role
As a Sr Principal RF Systems Architect, you will serve as a technical leader for RF architecture, supporting product line definitions, strategy, and roadmaps. This role focuses on developing RF components and systems for the defense, aerospace, and SATCOM markets.
What you'll do
- Serve as a subject matter expert in RF architecture for Radar, communications, and/or SATCOM.
- Drive architectural trade studies across performance, SWaP, scalability, and mission constraints.
- Analyze and document component and subsystem specifications for internal and external projects.
- Support Systems Solutions and Antenna team with developing prototypes, development kits, and reference designs.
- Support product line strategy, defining technical requirements for new component and antenna system developments.
- Lead cross-functional teams across design, manufacturing, test, product engineering, and program teams.
What you'll need
- BSEE degree in Electrical or Computer engineering with 15+ years of relevant experience, or MSEE/PhD with 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Extensive experience in systems engineering leadership (requirements, architecture, integration and test, verification, risk management).
- Experience collaborating directly with customers in RF markets.
- Direct experience working with RF products and Defense & Aerospace customers.
- Experience with phased array antenna systems, beamforming, RF cascade analysis, and calibration.
- System-level understanding of RF, silicon IC, and control subsystems and their components.
Skills: RF architecture, Radar, SATCOM, phased array antenna, RF cascade analysis
This role has been open 73 days — well above the 51-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
265
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Median days open
51 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 (265 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 46 | 265 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 74 | 1387 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 35 d | 51 d (−16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $162k |
Skills observed across this category: RF architecture, Radar, SATCOM, phased array antenna, RF cascade analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO (this employer) · 46 open roles · median 35 d
- Skyworks · 41 open roles · median 40 d
- Keysight Technologies · 24 open roles · median 174 d
- Qualcomm · 24 open roles · median 102 d
- Apple · 20 open roles · median 19 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 57 d
How we counted: 265 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 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.