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(NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full semiconductor product life cycle - from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test. Semiconductor companies rely upon FormFactor’s products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance and advancing yield knowledge. The company serves customers through its network of facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America.\nRooted in our core values - Focus on the Customer, Ownership & Accountability, Respectfully & Effectively Communicate, and Motivate & Develop People - we foster an environment where diverse perspectives are not only welcomed but celebrated. Everyone can make an impact here. Whether it's improving products, supporting customers, or positively influencing peers and the community, the contributions of our people matter.\nShift:\nThe regular hours for this position are day shift.Job Description:\nThe Sr Staff R&D Development Engineer serves as a recognized technical authority in radio frequency (RF), microwave, millimeter-wave, and high-speed interconnect technologies. This position provides strategic technical leadership that shapes product architectures, technology roadmaps, and long-term innovation initiatives across the organization.\nThe Sr Staff R&D Development Engineer leads the development of advanced RF test and measurement solutions through deep technical expertise, simulation-driven design, cross-functional influence, and engagement with customers and industry partners. This role leads highly complex initiatives with significant impact on product performance, business growth, customer success, and competitive differentiation.\nKey Responsibilities:\nTechnical Leadership and Innovation\nDefine and influence long-term technology strategies, product architectures, and technical roadmaps for RF and high-speed interconnect solutions.\n\nServe as a recognized subject matter expert in RF design, electromagnetic modeling, calibration methodologies, measurement science, and high-speed interconnect technology.\n\nLead the development of next-generation RF technologies, methodologies, and design practices that enable future product platforms and establish competitive advantages.\n\nDrive technical innovation through advanced simulation-driven design methodologies, modeling techniques, measurement approaches, and validation strategies.\n\nEstablish technical standards, engineering methodologies, and best practices that are adopted across multiple product lines and engineering teams.\n\nIdentify and solve exceptionally complex technical challenges for which solutions may be ambiguous, incomplete, or not previously established.\n\nProvide technical guidance and recommendations on major research and development investments, product strategies, and technology decisions.\n\nProduct and Technology Development\nLead the architecture, design, modeling, development, and optimization of advanced RF and high-speed digital physical-layer interconnect structures and systems.\n\nProvide technical direction for the development and refinement of industry-leading RF calibration methodologies, including short-open-load (SOL), short-open-load-through (SOLT), short-open-load-reciprocal (SOLR), multiline thru-reflect-line (TRL), and emerging calibration approaches.\n\nLead electromagnetic modeling, characterization, and validation activities to ensure product performance meets technical and customer requirements.\n\nMake critical technical decisions that influence product performance, system architecture, manufacturability, reliability, scalability, and business success.\n\nEnsure alignment among product capabilities, customer requirements, market trends, and long-term strategic objectives.\n\nLead complex engineering tradeoff analyses involving electrical performance, risk, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and time-to-market.\n\nDevelop and evaluate prototypes, test methods, experimental approaches, and proof-of-concept solutions for new technologies and product platforms.\n\nGuide products and technologies through the development lifecycle, including concept development, design validation, qualification, and transition to manufacturing.\n\nRF Measurement and Validation\nDevelop advanced RF measurement, calibration, de-embedding, and error-correction methodologies.\n\nDefine measurement strategies and test system architectures for the characterization and validation of RF, microwave, millimeter-wave, and high-speed interconnect solutions.\n\nApply advanced knowledge of vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, and automated test systems.\n\nAnalyze complex test and simulation data to identify performance limitations, correlations, design risks, and opportunities for improvement.\n\nEstablish correlation methodologies among electromagnetic simulations, laboratory measurements, and production test results.\n\nEnsure measurement systems, calibration methods, and validation processes provide accurate, repeatable, and technically defensible results.\n\nCustomer and Market Leadership\nEngage directly with strategic customers, industry partners, and key stakeholders to understand emerging technical challenges and future market requirements.\n\nTranslate complex customer test and measurement needs into technology strategies, product requirements, research initiatives, and development plans.\n\nPartner with Product Management, Marketing, Applications Engineering, and Sales to define market-leading product requirements and technology differentiation strategies.\n\nRepresent the organization as a technical leader during customer engagements, executive discussions, technical reviews, and strategic planning activities.\n\nBuild trusted technical relationships with customers by providing expert consultation and developing innovative solutions to complex application challenges.\n\nEvaluate market and technology trends to identify new product opportunities, technical risks, and areas for strategic investment.\n\nCross-Functional Leadership\nLead highly complex, cross-functional development initiatives involving electrical, mechanical, process, product, manufacturing, software, and applications engineering.\n\nInfluence organizational decisions beyond immediate project responsibilities through technical expertise, business insight, and strategic recommendations.\n\nDrive alignment across multiple engineering disciplines to optimize product performance, reliability, scalability, manufacturability, and customer value.\n\nProvide technical leadership throughout design reviews, architecture reviews, risk assessments, failure analyses, and product readiness activities.\n\nBuild strong technical partnerships with suppliers, research institutions, industry experts, standards organizations, and strategic development partners.\n\nLead technical assessments, supplier evaluations, and technology partnership activities.\n\nCommunicate technical risks, recommendations, and development priorities to engineering teams and organizational leadership.\n\nOrganizational and Industry Impact\nIdentify, evaluate, and lead the adoption of emerging technologies that advance organizational capabilities and strengthen market leadership.\n\nInfluence technology direction across multiple products, platforms, or business areas.\n\nMentor senior engineers and technical leaders, supporting technical development, knowledge transfer, and organizational succession planning.\n\nPromote engineering excellence through technical reviews, internal training, documentation, and the development of reusable engineering methodologies.\n\nProvide technical thought leadership through patents, publications, conference presentations, technical papers, and contributions to industry standards.\n\nServe as a technical ambassador for the organization at industry forums, technical conferences, customer events, and standards activities.\n\nProtect organizational intellectual property by identifying inventions, supporting patent development, and maintaining appropriate technical documentation.\n\nPreferred Qualifications & Experiences:\nBachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent advanced technical experience.\n\nExtensive experience in RF, microwave, millimeter-wave, high-speed digital interconnect, or related test and measurement technologies.\n\nDemonstrated success leading highly complex technical programs and influencing technology direction across multiple products, platforms, or business areas.\n\nProven experience developing innovative RF or high-speed interconnect solutions with significant customer, product, market, or business impact.\n\nDemonstrated experience working across engineering disciplines to develop and commercialize complex technical products.\n\nAdvanced research or equivalent industry expertise with deep specialization in RF, microwave, millimeter-wave, or high-speed digital interconnect technologies.\n\nExperience within semiconductor test, wafer sort, package test, advanced packaging, or related applications.\n\nDemonstrated history of technical innovation through patents, publications, conference presentations, standards contributions, or other forms of industry recognition.\n\nExpert-level proficiency with electromagnetic simulation, RF design, and modeling tools such as HFSS, ADS, Sigrity, AWR, or related platforms.\n\nDeep expertise in RF calibration methodologies, measurement science, de-embedding, error-correction techniques, and test system architecture.\n\nAdvanced knowledge of RF and microwave measurement equipment, including vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters, and automated test systems.\n\nStrong expertise in RF PCB design, signal integrity, electromagnetic compatibility, controlled impedance, and high-speed interconnect design practices.\n\nAdvanced understanding of electromagnetic theory, transmission line behavior, impedance matching, insertion loss, return loss, crosstalk, resonances, and signal degradation.\n\nAbility to correlate simulation results with laboratory measurements and use findings to improve models, designs, calibration methods, and product performance.\n\nStrong understanding of design for manufacturability, product reliability, technical risk management, and the transition of advanced technologies into production.\n\nAbility to solve exceptionally complex technical problems where requirements may be incomplete and established solutions may not exist.\n\nSkills:\nHigh Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS), High Speed PCB Design, RF Calibration, RF Measurements, RF SimulationsEducation & Experience:\nMinimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years experience; or equivalent experience | RequiredPay Range:\n$138,900.00 - $182,280.00Pay Range Explained:\nThis role in Beaverton, Oregon pays between $138,900.00 and $182,280.00 per year, depending on your experience, skills, and background. 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