Principal Mechanical Design Engineer, Antenna

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.

The Antenna Technologies team, part of the Defense Missions Technology group within Qorvo's Defense & Aerospace (D&A) business unit, develops advanced phased array antenna solutions that enable our customers to accomplish critical missions. As a member of our team, you will collaborate with world-class antenna designers, RF engineers, and test professionals to create state-of-the-art products for Satellite Communications, Line-of-Sight Communications, Radar, and other defense and aerospace applications.

About the role

Qorvo’s Antenna Technologies team is seeking a Principal Mechanical Design Engineer to develop mechanical and thermal solutions for advanced antenna products, supporting phased array modules, antenna arrays, RF components, and prototype hardware from design through validation.

Responsibilities

A candidate in this position will be trained and expected to perform the following duties shortly after joining the antenna team:

• Design mechanical housings, heat sinks, and support structures for electronic printed circuit boards using 3-D CAD modeling tools.
• Evaluate fabrication approaches and communicate mechanical manufacturing cost and schedule impacts.
• Trade mechanical design performance across cost, performance, and schedule constraints in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Support design of test and interface structures for antenna products with defined mechanical interfaces.
• Apply thermal design fundamentals, including heatsink design and thermal interface material selection and recommendations.

A candidate in this position will be trained and expected to perform the following duties 1–2 years after joining the antenna team:

• Perform CFD thermal simulations and develop cooling solutions, including cold plates, heat sinks, and TIMs, for high-power RF components.
• Run FEA simulations to verify survivability under vibration, shock, and thermal cycling per MIL-STD-810 standards.
• Work with manufacturing teams to optimize designs for machining, injection molding, and surface mount technology (SMT).
• Develop strategic supplier relationships and enable optimized sourcing based on program requirements.
• Build, test, validate, and debug initial hardware prototypes and assembly issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field; Bachelor’s degree (BSEE or equivalent) with a minimum of twelve+ years’ experience.
• Strong proficiency in CAD tools, including SolidWorks/Creo, and FEA/CFD tools, including ANSYS/FloTHERM.
• Familiarity with RF packaging, PCB materials, coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) matching, and hermetic sealing.
• Ability to work closely with electrical engineers, RF designers, manufacturing teams, and manufacturing vendors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing mechanical structures for phased array modules, antenna arrays, RF components, and electronic housings.
• Experience developing cooling solutions such as cold plates, heat pipes, heat sinks, and thermal interface materials for high-power RF hardware.
• Experience applying MIL-STD-810 vibration, shock, and thermal cycling considerations to mechanical designs.
• Experience building, testing, validating, and debugging initial hardware prototypes in an antenna or RF product environment.

Pay

Competitive base salary: $148,100 - $192,500 (subject to change dependent on physical location). Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. Qorvo reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as external competitiveness and internal comparability.