Drimva

Amazon

Sr. RFIC Design Engineer , Amazon Leo

$185K–$288K

Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 4, 2026

Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Redmond, WA
Experience
7+ years in mm-Wave/RFIC design; preferably in an advanced node.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; preferred: Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Visa sponsorship
Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

About the job

Designs and brings RFIC transmit and receive front ends and transceiver chips from architecture through simulation, layout, testing, and production for satellite broadband systems.

What you'll do

  • Define, design, simulate, lay out, and validate RFIC front ends and multi-chain transceiver chips, including integrated PLLs.
  • Collaborate with communications, digital, chip implementation, packaging, hardware, electrical, and firmware teams on specifications, integration, and analog/digital boundaries.
  • Develop circuit architectures, evaluate power/area/performance trade-offs, perform extracted simulations, and specify bench and production test plans.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in mm-Wave/RFIC design, preferably in an advanced node.
  • Knowledge of current and upcoming RF standards in cellular (4G/5G NR), WiMAX, 802.11ad, microwave backhaul, or similar broadband wireless standards.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice to have

  • Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • RF transceiver architecture/design for beamforming systems; experience leading integrated RF transceiver chipsets.

Pay

USD 213,000.00 - 287,500.00 annually (base salary); USD 185,200.00 - 250,000.00 annually (base salary)

Tools

EMX, HFSS, 4G/5G NR, WiMAX, 802.11ad, FinFET, SOI, BiCMOS

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)