Industry · Wireless
RFIC, 5G, and mmWave Engineers for Wireless Semiconductor Programs
Designing a 5G mmWave front-end or a phased array beamforming IC requires engineers who can design LNAs for 28GHz with the noise figure your link budget demands, optimize PA efficiency within the linearity-efficiency tradeoff at those frequencies, and understand what 3GPP requirements translate to in silicon. The engineer who can do that is not the same as one who has done WiFi board layout or written DSP algorithms in MATLAB.
We don't submit RF board layout engineers for RFIC roles. We don't submit DSP software engineers for analog front-end design positions. Wireless semiconductor is a small, precise talent pool, and we've built relationships in it over years of working these specific programs.
Roles we place
Wireless and RF Engineering Talent
Rfic Design Engineers
LNA, mixer, VCO, PA, and PLL design in CMOS RF, SiGe BiCMOS, GaAs, and GaN processes. Cadence Virtuoso and Spectre simulation environment. Characterization and silicon bring-up through tape-out and production.
mmWave / 5G Design Engineers
Sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G NR (28GHz, 39GHz) front-end design, phased array beamforming ICs, transmit/receive module design, 60GHz short-range links. Process selection for mmWave: CMOS RF at advanced nodes, SiGe for higher performance, GaAs/GaN for PA efficiency.
Analog / Mixed-Signal Engineers (Wireless)
High-speed ADC and DAC design for direct-sampling baseband architectures, SerDes for O-RAN fronthaul, fractional-N and integer-N PLL design for baseband reference, high-resolution data converters for beamforming systems.
RF Systems Engineers
3GPP 5G NR standards expertise, link budget analysis and system-level performance modeling, O-RAN architecture knowledge (O-DU, O-RU, O-CU), beamforming and MIMO system design, co-existence and interference analysis.
Embedded / DSP Firmware Engineers (Wireless)
Modem firmware development, OFDM and MIMO baseband processing, software-defined radio (SDR) development, Qualcomm Hexagon or TI C6000 DSP firmware, baseband bring-up and PHY layer calibration.
RF Board / Hardware Engineers
Rogers and PTFE RF material design, controlled-impedance transmission line layout, antenna design and matching network synthesis, PA thermal management, EMI/EMC compliance for wireless products.
Why Game 7
What Differentiates Wireless Semiconductor Staffing
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Process Selection Is Part of the Screen
RFIC design is foundry-process specific in a way that digital design is not. CMOS RF at advanced nodes (28nm, 22nm) offers integration density; SiGe BiCMOS offers noise and linearity advantages for high-performance receivers; GaN offers power efficiency for PA applications; GaAs remains preferred for some mmWave applications. We ask which process candidates have designed in, and we match accordingly. Submitting a CMOS RF designer to a GaN PA program is a category error.
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mmWave Is a Thin Talent Pool, and We Know It
The number of engineers who have designed silicon at 28GHz or above, characterized the hardware on the bench, and closed a production design is small. These engineers are not actively looking, they have multiple options, and they respond to outreach that demonstrates real knowledge of their work. Our relationships in this space. Built through years of placing in wireless programs. Give us access that a new search from a job board does not.
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5G And O-Ran Create New Demand for System-Level Knowledge
As 5G deployments mature and Open RAN architectures move into production, we're seeing demand for engineers who understand both the silicon and the system. RF performance requirements in the context of 3GPP specifications, O-RAN fronthaul and interface standards, and how beamforming algorithms translate into hardware constraints. We can source for this intersection.
The screening standard
Technical depth
Domain expertise verified through structured discipline-specific screening
Domain match
Experience in your specific discipline, tools, and program phase
Active availability
Confirmed ready to start within your timeline
Rate alignment
Validated against your program budget before submission
Result: 2-4 verified candidates per role. No keyword-matched resumes. No noise.
Disciplines we staff for Wireless
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FAQ
Wireless Staffing. Common Questions.
Does Game 7 Staffing place RFIC design engineers for 5G programs?+
Yes. Game 7 Staffing places RFIC design engineers for 5G semiconductor programs on a contract and contract-to-hire basis. Engineers placed in RFIC roles have hands-on silicon design experience in sub-6GHz and mmWave (28GHz, 39GHz) 5G NR front-end design, including LNA, mixer, VCO, PA, and PLL circuits in CMOS RF, SiGe BiCMOS, GaAs, and GaN processes. Game 7 screens for both the circuit design discipline and the process technology. Matching CMOS RF designers to CMOS RF programs and GaN PA engineers to GaN programs, not treating RFIC as a fungible category.
What is O-RAN, and can Game 7 staff engineers with O-RAN expertise?+
O-RAN (Open Radio Access Network) is an industry initiative that disaggregates the traditional RAN architecture into open, interoperable components: the O-CU (centralized unit), O-DU (distributed unit), and O-RU (radio unit), interconnected via open fronthaul and midhaul interfaces defined by the O-RAN Alliance. This creates demand for engineers who understand both the RF hardware (O-RU design, antenna design, power amplifier integration) and the systems-level 3GPP and O-RAN specifications. Game 7 sources RF systems engineers with O-RAN architecture knowledge and can source hardware engineers for O-RU product development.
Can Game 7 Staffing place engineers for beamforming and phased array IC programs?+
Yes. Game 7 places engineers for beamforming and phased array IC programs, including RFIC designers for transmit/receive module design, mmWave front-end specialists for 28GHz and 39GHz phased array applications, analog/mixed-signal engineers for the ADC and DAC data converters used in digital beamforming architectures, and RF systems engineers who can define the system-level beamforming requirements and translate them into silicon specifications. Phased array programs often require engineers who understand the interaction between the IC design, the antenna element spacing, and the beam-steering algorithm. Game 7 screens for that systems-level awareness.
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