Job Details

Wireless Firmware Test Engineer

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Hardware

Summary

Posted: Apr 19, 2025

Role Number: 200600450

The Wireless Connectivity Silicon team is looking for a Wireless Firmware Test Engineer to help ensure the quality of innovative wireless silicon for use in Apple products. You can also help in the automation development effort to characterize state-of-the-art wireless SoC products!

Description

Collaborate with FW, Radio, MAC, and Systems engineering teams to develop a FW test plan to ensure Apple's wireless silicon FW and products' stability, reliability, function correctness, and performance. Develop white box FW test cases by understanding FW code structure and work closely with developers to craft test methodologies and FW functions to support testing. Work on test plan development, manual and automatic test setup/scripts, publish test reports, collect test logs, and first screen of test failure/debug. Build pre-silicon and post-silicon reference board test setups, as well as production-specific test setups. Design and develop innovative ideas that address automation and execution problems. Support development in debugging and reproducing issues, work with system QA on bug reproduction, log/statistic collection, run debug tests with debug FW build, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors +10 years of relevant industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of proven experience as a Silicon firmware test engineer.

• Strong wireless/PHY/radio fundamentals is a must.

• Experience in FW/SW white box testing, including test plan design, implementation, documentation, and maintenance.

• Proven understanding of C/C++ and Python is a must.

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills: analyze and investigate test failures, errors, build issues, and be able to drive issues to completion accurately.

• Thrive in a collaborative environment and be comfortable working with multi-functional teams.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Understanding of embedded SW fundamentals and low-level hardware interfaces.

• Standout ability in collaboration, communication, and partnerships.

• Proactive, positive, dedicated, inventive, and willing to address challenges.

• Excellent knowledge and experience with test methodologies (unit testing, integration testing, performance testing, functional testing, etc).

Pay & Benefits

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 $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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)

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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