Sr SSPA Applications Engineer - Richardson, TX, United States
Originally posted 17 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role serves as the technical bridge between customers and the solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) design organization, translating customer requirements into product and design solutions. The position sits within the Defense & Aerospace High-Power RF Solutions (HPRF) team.
What you'll do
- Serve as the primary technical interface between customers and the SSPA design engineering team to support product performance, integration, operation, testing, and troubleshooting. - Evaluate customer application requirements and recommend technical solutions during proposal efforts, technical reviews, and customer presentations. - Work with design engineers to ensure customer requirements are understood and implemented, and analyze RF performance data for customer and internal reviews. - Develop and maintain application notes, technical documentation, and product support materials. - Gather customer feedback and market requirements to help guide future product roadmaps and product enhancements. - Support trade shows, customer visits, and design reviews as required, with travel up to 25%.
What you'll need
- BS in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of experience, MS with 3+ years of experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering with an SSPA Design focus. - 5+ years of experience in RF/microwave engineering, RF power amplifiers, or applications engineering. - Strong understanding of RF and microwave fundamentals including gain, power, efficiency, linearity, and impedance matching. - Experience with RF power amplifier systems, preferably SSPA technologies, supporting aerospace, defense, SATCOM, radar, electronic warfare, or communications applications. - Proficiency with RF test equipment including vector Network Analyzers (VNAs), spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, and oscilloscopes. - Familiarity with RF simulation tools such as ADS, AWR, HFSS, CST, or equivalent. - Must be a US Person (US citizen, permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) to work on US Government contracts.
Skills: SSPA, technical support, customer requirements, RF/microwave engineering, application notes
This role has been open 95 days — well above the 51-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
75
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$137k
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| Metric | QORVO | All employers we track in this specialty (75 roles · 18 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 12 | 75 |
| Median days open | 51 d | 51 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $137k |
Skills observed across this category: SSPA, technical support, customer requirements, RF/microwave engineering, application notes
Who's hiring in this category
- Keysight Technologies · 24 open roles · median 50 d
- QORVO (this employer) · 12 open roles · median 51 d
- Analog Devices · 10 open roles · median 83 d
- Texas Instruments · 7 open roles · median 71 d
- Silicon Labs · 4 open roles · median 96 d
- Coherent Corp · 2 open roles · median 8 d
How we counted: 75 open Applications FAE (RF Frontend) roles from 18 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 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. Figures refresh nightly.