Wireless System Automation and Test Engineer

Apple Inc

California, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Apple Macs, Automation, Baseband, C++ Programming Language, Communication Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Programming, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Integration, Database Report Tools, Debugging Tools, Earned Value Management (EVM), Electrical Engineering, Git, Laboratory Testing, MIMO, Microsoft C# (C Sharp), PHY, Performance Metrics, Problem Solving Skills, Product Development Methodology, Product Lifecycle, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Assurance Methodology, Quality Management, Radio Frequency, Regression Testing, Requirements Management, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Software Testing, Spectrum Analyzers, System Test, System Validation, Systems/Internals Programming, Technical/Engineering Design, Test Automation, Test Equipment, Test Plan/Schedule, Test Strategy, Testing, Traceability, Unix Shell Programming, Validation Testing, Wireless Communications, Wireless Hardware
LOCATION
California, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Do you have a passion for taking on big challenges? Do you love pushing the limits of what's considered feasible? As part of our Wireless Hardware group, you'll be responsible for bringing groundbreaking wireless connectivity to the world. Together, our goal is to ensure nothing stands in the way of our customers' connections with their devices. Join us and help build world-renowned wireless systems that connect customers to their world like never before.

Join our Wireless Systems Design Validation Team, where we ensure cutting-edge wireless and PHY systems meet rigorous performance standards across critical parameters, including Power Accuracy, Spurs, EVM, Sensitivity, Desense, RF/Baseband Performance, MIMO, and Coexistence. Operating at the heart of silicon development, we drive test automation and validation methodologies that accelerate product development while maintaining exceptional quality. This role offers the opportunity to create test infrastructure and automation solutions that directly impact the success of next-generation wireless technologies.You will develop sophisticated automation frameworks and test infrastructure for validating wireless and PHY systems across RF and baseband domains, enabling comprehensive validation and regression testing throughout the silicon development lifecycle.

Working closely with PHY, MAC, and RF design engineers, you'll translate specifications into automated test strategies, identify validation gaps, and drive resolution of complex system issues.

Your role includes creating equipment drivers, control interfaces, and intelligent test sequences, while analyzing results to provide actionable insights and continuously improving test methodologies to meet the demanding requirements of next-generation wireless systems.Minimum requirement of a bachelors degree Knowledge of wireless communication systems. Programming skills in Python, Shell scripting, C++, or C#.Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering; Master's or Ph.D. preferred. Deep understanding of key performance indicators and impairments in RF and baseband domains. Hands-on experience testing wireless silicon in laboratory environments. Proficiency with RF test equipment including signal analyzers, signal generators and spectrum analyzers. Proven experience developing test automation, including equipment drivers, debug tools, automation scripts, and interfaces. Experience with automation infrastructure development (traceability, repeatability) and related tools (Git, CI/CD, databases, reporting tools).

About the Company

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Apple Inc

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs