Staff RF Power Management System Engineer

Qorvo, Inc.; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Qorvo in Richardson, TX is seeking a Staff RF Power Management Systems Engineer to drive product definition and system architecture for next-generation RF power-management solutions. You will translate customer and market requirements into scalable architectures and validation plans, interfacing with multiple teams to deliver robust designs.

The ideal candidate has experience with GaN or GaAs RF power-amplifier systems, understanding biasing, power delivery, sequencing, protection, and thermal

Qualifications

• Strong systems engineering experience in RF power amplifiers, power management, analog/mixed-signal electronics, or related high-performance hardware.
• Experience with GaN and/or GaAs RF systems, including PA biasing, power delivery, sequencing, protection, and transient behavior.
• Proven ability to translate customer and system requirements into product specifications, architectures, tradeoff analyses, and validation plans.
• Hands-on experience with system modeling, simulation, laboratory characterization, and cross-functional technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead system-level product definition for RF power-management and bias-control solutions
• Translate customer, application, and market requirements into product specifications and system architectures
• Define requirements for RF PA biasing, power sequencing, monitoring, protection, pulsed operation, and system control
• Analyze interactions between RF power amplifiers, bias circuits, power supplies, control electronics, and thermal environments
• Develop system models and perform tradeoff analyses across efficiency, switching performance, RF performance, thermal behavior, size, and cost
• Work directly with customers and field teams to understand system challenges and identify broadly applicable product requirements
• Collaborate with product management, applications, RF engineering, IC design, validation, packaging, test, and manufacturing teams
• Define system-level validation strategies, evaluation platforms, reference designs, and application demonstrations
• Support technical feasibility studies, competitive assessments, product roadmaps, and business-case development
• Lead technical reviews and drive alignment from early concept definition through product validation and customer adoption
• Identify system risks early and recommend architecture, technology, or implementation changes to reduce development risk
• Create technical documentation, customer presentations, product requirements, system block diagrams, and validation plans

Skills

RF systems

Power management

System modeling

PA biasing

Cross-functional leadership

RF measurements

Circuit design

Technical requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

FPGA

Time-domain simulation

Job description

Experience Level: Professional

Job Type: Regular

Location: Richardson, TX, US, 75081

Qorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO) supplies innovative semiconductor solutions that make a better world possible. We combine product and technology leadership, systems-level expertise and global manufacturing scale to quickly solve our customers' most complex technical challenges. Qorvo serves multiple high-growth segments of large global markets, including consumer electronics, smart home/IoT, automotive, EVs, battery-powered appliances, network infrastructure, healthcare and aerospace/defense. Visitwww.qorvo.com to learn how our innovative team is helping connect, protect and power our planet.

Qorvo is seeking a Staff RF Power Management Systems Engineer to drive product definition and system architecture for next-generation RF power-management solutions used in radar, electronic warfare, satellite communications, aerospace, and high-performance communication systems.

In this role, you will work at the intersection of RF power amplifiers, analog and mixed-signal ICs, power management, and embedded control. You will translate customer and market requirements into scalable product architectures, specifications, system models, and validation plans.

The ideal candidate has experience with GaN or GaAs RF power-amplifier systems and understands the interaction between RF performance, device biasing, power delivery, sequencing, thermal behavior, protection, and system control.

Responsibilities

• Lead system-level product definition for RF power-management and bias-control solutions
• Translate customer, application, and market requirements into product specifications and system architectures
• Define requirements for RF PA biasing, power sequencing, monitoring, protection, pulsed operation, and system control
• Analyze interactions between RF power amplifiers, bias circuits, power supplies, control electronics, and thermal environments
• Develop system models and perform tradeoff analyses across efficiency, switching performance, RF performance, thermal behavior, size, and cost
• Work directly with customers and field teams to understand system challenges and identify broadly applicable product requirements
• Collaborate with product management, applications, RF engineering, IC design, validation, packaging, test, and manufacturing teams
• Define system-level validation strategies, evaluation platforms, reference designs, and application demonstrations
• Support technical feasibility studies, competitive assessments, product roadmaps, and business-case development
• Lead technical reviews and drive alignment from early concept definition through product validation and customer adoption
• Identify system risks early and recommend architecture, technology, or implementation changes to reduce development risk
• Create technical documentation, customer presentations, product requirements, system block diagrams, and validation plans

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 8+ years of experience or an equivalent amount of advanced education and experience.
• Strong systems engineering experience in RF power amplifiers, power management, analog/mixed-signal electronics, or related high-performance hardware
• Experience with GaN and/or GaAs RF systems, including PA biasing, power delivery, sequencing, protection, and transient behavior
• Proven ability to translate customer and system requirements into product specifications, architectures, tradeoff analyses, and validation plans
• Hands-on experience with system modeling, simulation, laboratory characterization, and cross-functional technical leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field
• Experience supporting radar, electronic warfare, satellite communications, aerospace, phased-array, or other high-performance RF applications
• Experience with digital control interfaces, embedded systems, FPGA-based control, automated test environments, or software-defined system control
• Experience with high-speed power switching, pulsed power delivery, dynamic RF PA power management, or advanced bias-control architectures
• Familiarity with RF measurements such as output power, gain, efficiency, linearity, EVM, ACLR, harmonics, thermal behavior, and switching transients
• Experience supporting products from early concept definition through qualification, production release, and customer adoption
• Experience with time domain simulation, analog design, and development of complex microwave assemblies

This position requires access to ITAR/EAR technologies. Applicant must be a US Person (US citizen, permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT QORVO

We are Qorvo. We do more than create innovative RF and Power solutions for the mobile, defense and infrastructure markets – we are a place to innovate and shape the future of wireless communications. It starts with our employees. As a unified global team, we bring a commitment to excellence, growth and a passion for creating what's next. Explore the possibilities with us.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcome all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable law, including race, color, religion, sex (as defined by law), national origin, age, military or veteran status, genetic information, or disability.