Wireless SoC RF Integration and Validation Engineer - San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Originally posted 16 September 2026 by the employer — open 2 days.
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 1 day — well below the 42-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
42 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 | Apple | All employers we track in this specialty (257 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 20 | 257 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 33 | 1336 · 104 employers |
| Median days open | 15 d | 42 d (−27 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
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 · 49 open roles · median 30 d
- Skyworks · 36 open roles · median 27 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 63 d
- Keysight Technologies · 23 open roles · median 170 d
- Apple (this employer) · 20 open roles · median 15 d
- Analog Devices · 11 open roles · median 34 d
How we counted: 257 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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.