Job Details

Wireless System Validation Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

Hardware

Summary

Posted: Jun 05, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200606653

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Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Define RF HW test requirements, design and implement in-house test systems, debug and resolve issues, and manage the process to ensure Apple products conform to all applicable standards. Work with vendors, technology suppliers and cross-functional staff to optimize RF parametric performance. Support the manufacturing, manufacturing test and Certification of Apple Products. Perform RF Hardware validation using RF lab equipment: Spectrum analyzer, Network Analyzer, Power Meters. Characterize Radio Frequency (RF) Receiver (Rx) and Transmitter (Tx) chains. Build and execute detailed test plans to ensure the product in compliance to worldwide regulatory requirements. Resolve 3GPP, regulatory compliance issues by making recommendations to cross functional teams (including but not limited to RF/Antenna systems). Analyze RF component behavior in cellular technologies. Assess platform-level performance across cellular technologies towards industry conformance, regulatory compliance, carrier and use case requirements. Define test requirements. Design, implement in-house test systems. Execute validation & characterization test plans to meet industry, emissions and performance requirements. Perform failure analysis to understand low-margin or failing behaviors, making use of experimental SW/FW and mock-up hardware. Collaborate with test equipment vendors, technology suppliers and cross-functional staff to optimize RF parametric performance. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $143,100 - $214,500/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
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Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, or related field, and 1 year of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

• 1 year of experience in each of the following skills is required:

• Experience analyzing radio frequency (RF) component characteristics and behavior in cellular technologies.

• Working with wireless technologies, including experience in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) or Long-Term Evolution (LTE); and New Radio (NR).

• Hardware testing using RF lab equipment: Spectrum analyzer, Network Analyzer, and Power Meter.

• Experience in RF Receiver (Rx) Transmitter (Tx) chains and characterization.

• Experience optimizing RF parametric performance such as Adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR), Transmitter Power, Power Added Efficiency (PAE), Input Third-Interception Point (IIP3), De-sense in various operating modes (such as Envelope Tracking), and Averaged Power Tracking (APT).

• Working with measurements of RF parameters like Gain, Power, Linearity, Rx sensitivity, spurious emission, Spectrum emission Mask, maximum power reduction (MPR), S-parameter, Receive band Noise (RXBN), de-sense, and noise figure tests.

• Defining RF test conditions used by automated test and bench test, and maintaining and upgrading HW and SW solutions for automated test.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

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