Wireless System Engineer

Summary

Join our wireless team and drive innovation that matters! We’re looking for engineers with good fundamentals in RF, communication, signal processing and scientific software to join the growing Product RF definition team at Apple.

This small team of world-class engineers helps define the best-in-class wireless performance for Apple products. All members of the team bring their own unique expertise to collectively take wireless technologies to product implementation stages following the principles and practices of excellence that characterize Apple culture.

Key qualifications

• Excellent understanding of RF fundamentals and communication theory
• Experience handling, visualizing and analyzing antenna radiation patterns
• Ability to write efficient, scalable Matlab, Python, C or C++ code
• Basic electronics background: PLLs, RF Amplifiers, Impedance matching, SPI controls
• Basic understanding of DSP concepts
• Familiar with RF calibrations and RF metrics
• Hands-on experience with RF lab equipment including: spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, vector signal generators, power sensors, etc.
• Basic understanding of wireless standards like 5G, UWB, LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth
• Strong energy and drive to thrive in a start-up like environment
• Traveling of 25% may be required

Description

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Every single day, people do amazing things at Apple. Do you want to impact billions of users by developing an extraordinary product with a prime focus on accuracy, understandability and performance of the product? You will become part of a hands-on development team that furthers engineering perfection, creativity and innovation. Dynamic, inspiring people and innovative technologies are the norm here. We want you to join our team if you are a resourceful engineer with the desire to research and develop solutions that do not yet exist. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.

We see the more you have to the following as a BONUS:

• 5+ years of industry experience or equivalent
• Recent experience with current and upcoming wireless RF standards (e.g. 5G, UWB,mmWave, WiFi 802.11ax, 802.11ay, Bluetooth 5.0)
• Recent experience in OTA characterization
• Recent experience in UWB technology
• Recent experience in 5G technology
• Proven track record modeling wireless channels in wireless technologies like 5G, UWB
• Proven track record running comprehensive simulations of wireless communication systems
• Experience in Antenna design
• Experience in RF front-end design
• Experience developing AoA systems

Education & Experience

Your BSEE is needed, and we highly value MSEE.