Senior Technician, RF Test Engineering
Murata America · San Diego, CA, US · United States · On-site
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pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor’s 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission—to enhance Murata’s world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi’s product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi’s team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.
Job Summary
The primary responsibility of the Senior RF Lab Technician is to maintain laboratory readiness in support of all product development. The Senior RF Lab Technician is responsible for maintaining Test Engineering lab assets including automated test and handling equipment, and bench top instrumentations. This person must be able to support test system calibration and maintenance, configuring custom bench test setups requiring the ability to work from schematics, diagrams, and written and verbal instructions, and demonstrate an understanding of the data collected through proper documentation and reporting. The assigned tasks will be diverse and will require organization and high attention to detail.
Roles & Responsibilities
This position has responsibility for:
Maintain laboratory readiness in support of all product development testing activities.
Manage test equipment calibration and repair services and schedules.
Lead in diagnosing, troubleshooting and resolving hardware and/or software failures within test and handling-system to minimize downtime.
Manage inventory of laboratory assets and specialized component consumables, and support requisition of laboratory supplies
Support construction, assembly, and/or validation of custom test systems or fixtures, including precision PCBA rework and component level modifications to enable rapid prototyping of test fixtures.
Independently perform complex system‑level, PCB‑level, and component‑level root‑cause analysis and drive corrective actions in support of engineering.
Develop documentation, and continuously improve laboratory procedures, test workflows, troubleshooting guides, and equipment handling standards.
Minimum Qualifications (Experience and Skills)
Minimum of 8 years related experience in an RF product development or Test Engineering laboratory environment
Demonstrated RF test and measurement skills
Experience operating and troubleshooting advanced test and diagnostic equipment, including ATE systems, automated wafer probers, and final test handlers, alongside standard bench instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, spectrum…