Sr Staff RF Development Engineer - Beaverton, OR, United States
Originally posted 31 August 2026 by the employer — open 20 days.
About the role
This role involves serving as a technical authority in radio frequency (RF), microwave, millimeter-wave, and high-speed interconnect technologies, providing strategic technical leadership that shapes product architectures, technology roadmaps, and long-term innovation initiatives.
What you'll do
- Define and influence long-term technology strategies, product architectures, and technical roadmaps for RF and high-speed interconnect solutions.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in RF design, electromagnetic modeling, calibration methodologies, measurement science, and high-speed interconnect technology.
- Lead the development of advanced RF and high-speed digital physical-layer interconnect structures and systems.
- Provide technical direction for the development and refinement of RF calibration methodologies, including SOL, SOLT, SOLR, and multiline TRL.
- Develop advanced RF measurement, calibration, de-embedding, and error-correction methodologies.
- Engage with strategic customers, industry partners, and stakeholders to understand emerging technical challenges and market requirements.
What you'll need
- 12 years of experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 8 years with a Master's degree, or 5 years with a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Extensive experience in RF, microwave, millimeter-wave, or high-speed digital interconnect technologies.
- Expert-level proficiency with electromagnetic simulation, RF design, and modeling tools such as HFSS, ADS, Sigrity, or AWR.
- Deep expertise in RF calibration methodologies, measurement science, de-embedding, and error-correction techniques.
- Advanced knowledge of RF and microwave measurement equipment, including vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and power meters.
- Strong expertise in RF PCB design, signal integrity, electromagnetic compatibility, controlled impedance, and high-speed interconnect design practices.
Nice to have
- Advanced research or equivalent industry expertise with specialization in RF, microwave, millimeter-wave, or high-speed digital interconnect technologies.
- Experience within semiconductor test, wafer sort, package test, or advanced packaging applications.
- Demonstrated history of technical innovation through patents, publications, or conference presentations.
- Ability to correlate simulation results with laboratory measurements.
- Strong understanding of design for manufacturability, product reliability, and technical risk management.
- Ability to solve complex technical problems where requirements may be incomplete.
Skills: radio frequency (RF), microwave, millimeter-wave, high-speed interconnect, electromagnetic modeling, vector network analyzers
This role has been open 20 days — well below the 41-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
257
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Median days open
41 d
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Median salary
$165k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | FormFactor | All employers we track in this specialty (257 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 257 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 7 | 1337 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 41 d | 41 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: radio frequency (RF), microwave, millimeter-wave, high-speed interconnect, electromagnetic modeling, vector network analyzers
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 47 open roles · median 33 d
- Skyworks · 36 open roles · median 30 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 59 d
- Keysight Technologies · 23 open roles · median 173 d
- Apple · 20 open roles · median 18 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 43 d
How we counted: 257 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 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.