Focus on research, design, implementation, and standardization of Wireless WAN air interfaces and modem technologies.
Originally posted 5 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves designing, implementing, and validating cellular technologies across technology prototypes, standards, specifications, products, or components. The work focuses on developing air interface and modem technologies, wireless systems, and related core networks.
What you'll do
- Research, design, standardize, implement, optimize, verify, validate, and commercialize Wireless WAN (or cellular) air interfaces, modem technologies, and related core network.
- Design, optimize, and implement critical wireless systems and modems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop air interface and modems balancing capacity, coverage, throughput, latency, power consumption, and cost.
- Develop, review, and verify models, code, tests, and simulations.
- Execute the integration of architecture and systems into a standard, chipset, platform, or product.
- Write detailed technical documentation, including feature, component, and design descriptions.
What you'll need
- Professional experience designing, implementing, and validating cellular technologies and modem systems.
- Experience with modeling, coding, testing, and simulation workflows for wireless systems.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision and guide other team members.
- Experience integrating system architecture into chipsets, platforms, or products.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience with programming (e.g., C, C++, Python), computer architecture, or embedded systems.
- 1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
- 1+ year of applicable wireless, semiconductor and/or embedded software industry experience.
Skills: cellular, air interface, modem, WWAN, wireless systems
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First seen in our index 7 days ago, well below the 56-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
266
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Median days since first seen
56 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$167k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (266 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 28 | 266 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 82 | 1549 · 118 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 97 d | 56 d (−41 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $167k |
Skills observed across this category: cellular, air interface, modem, WWAN, wireless systems
Who's hiring in this category
- Skyworks · 54 open roles · median 51 d
- Apple · 38 open roles · median 23 d
- Keysight Technologies · 34 open roles · median 58 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 24 open roles · median 117 d
- MACOM · 17 open roles · median 16 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 75 d
How we counted: 266 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.