RF Characterization Engineer

Job Title

RF Characterization Engineer

Role Summary

Join the Test and Verification team in Trondheim to lead post-silicon verification and characterization for ultra-low-power radio microchip platforms. The role focuses on developing and maintaining hardware test infrastructure, creating and executing high-frequency/analog test cases, and supporting post-silicon debugging through to production readiness.

This is a hands-on engineering role working in a prototype verification laboratory and collaborating with RTL, design, firmware, and product teams.

Experience Level

Mid-level / Experienced. The posting lists "Experienced" but does not specify years of experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Design, implement and maintain hardware test infrastructure for prototype microchips.
• Create and run high-frequency and analog test and characterization cases.
• Execute verification tasks to meet roadmap timelines and quality targets.
• Perform post-silicon debugging and support root-cause analysis.
• Develop and improve HW verification strategies and methodologies.
• Collaborate across teams through the full design cycle from concept to volume production.
• Document test procedures, results and maintain test equipment and setups.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience:

• Experience in analog and high-frequency test and characterization.
• Proficiency in programming for test automation: C, C++, Python, or LabVIEW.
• Familiarity with test equipment and platforms (for example NI PXI, ATE).
• Knowledge of transceiver and digital system architectures and hardware design.
• Experience with hardware development and hands-on debugging of prototypes.
• Good English communication skills and ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with building or scaling test infrastructure for production validation.
• Prior work on ultra-low-power radio systems or RF front-ends.

Education Requirements

M.Sc. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is specified as the preferred qualification; a B.Sc. with relevant experience is acceptable. The posting allows equivalent practical experience in lieu of a higher degree.

About the Company

Company: Nordic Semiconductor

Headquarters: Trondheim, Norway

Norwegian fabless semiconductor company that designs low-power wireless connectivity solutions and system-on-chips (SoCs) for IoT, including Bluetooth Low Energy, Thread, Zigbee, LTE-M/NB-IoT, Wi‑Fi, and cloud services (nRF Cloud).