Sr. RFIC Engineer - Seattle
Originally posted 28 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves leading the design of advanced beamformer integrated circuits for phased array systems.
What you'll do
- Design RFIC beamformers and associated RF/mm-wave building blocks (phase shifters, attenuators, LNAs, PAs, mixers, switches) for phased array systems.
- Drive designs from specification and architecture definition through schematic, layout, tape-out, and silicon validation.
- Run circuit and system-level simulations covering linearity, noise, gain/phase control accuracy, and power.
- Collaborate with antenna, digital, and DSP teams to ensure RFIC performance meets full-system requirements.
- Support lab characterization, debug, and design iteration of fabricated parts.
- Own architecture and design trade-offs for major RFIC blocks, balancing performance, power, area, and schedule.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 6+ years of relevant experience in RFIC or RF/mm-wave circuit design, including ownership of designs through tape-out and bring-up.
- Strong proficiency with industry-standard design and simulation tools (e.g., Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre, ADS, and EM simulators such as EMX, HFSS, or Momentum).
- Deep grounding in RF fundamentals: matching, noise, linearity, and S-parameters.
Nice to have
- MSc or PhD with a focus on RFIC design.
- Experience designing beamformers or phased array front-end ICs.
- Familiarity with mm-wave design and silicon technologies (SiGe BiCMOS, CMOS, GaAs/GaN).
- Experience taking designs through tape-out and post-silicon validation.
- Background in communications or radar system requirements.
Skills: RFIC, mm-wave, beamformers, phase shifters, LNAs, PAs
This role has been open 6 days — well below 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 | Roguebeam | All employers we track in this specialty (265 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 265 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 6 | 1400 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 6 d | 51 d (−45 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $162k |
Skills observed across this category: RFIC, mm-wave, beamformers, phase shifters, LNAs, PAs
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 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.