Wireless SoC RF Integration and Validation Engineer - San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Originally posted 16 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves end-to-end RF integration, including DUT control development, pre-silicon emulation/simulation, and integrated RF calibration. The position is central to enabling different phases from design development toward Apple product mass production.
What you'll do
- Deliver an RF integration end-to-end solution.
- Develop DUT control.
- Conduct pre-silicon emulation/simulation.
- Perform integrated RF calibration.
- Responsible for Wireless SoC-RF bring-up and final Silicon validation results and compliance.
What you'll need
- BS degree and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Strong working knowledge of RF test equipments.
- Wireless RF background and familiarity with RF systems fundamentals, RF transceiver architectures and/or digital communication.
- Proficiency with understanding RFIC block-level design schematics.
- Experience with embedded system and C programming language.
Nice to have
- Solid experience of RF parametric testing, such as IP3, NF, ACPR, phase noise, load pull.
- Experience of RF PCB board design, debug, and development.
- Python programming language.
- Automation framework development.
Skills: RF parametric testing, RF test equipments, RF systems fundamentals, RF transceiver architectures, RFIC block-level design
This role has been open 18 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 | Apple | All employers we track in this specialty (265 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 20 | 265 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 39 | 1387 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 19 d | 51 d (−32 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $162k |
Skills observed across this category: RF parametric testing, RF test equipments, RF systems fundamentals, RF transceiver architectures, RFIC block-level design
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 (this employer) · 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.