Wireless System Validation Engineer, Wireless Technologies & Ecosystems

Apple Inc

San Diego, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
802.11, Apple, Automation, Bluetooth, Communication Skills, Computer Engineering, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Customer/Client Research, Debugging Skills, Ecosystems, Electrical Engineering, Field Trials, Functional Testing, Identify Issues, Interoperability Testing, Multitasking, Network Performance/Analysis, Network Protocols, Network System Hardware, Performance Testing, Problem Solving Skills, Protocol Analysis, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance Methodology, Radio Frequency, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Sniffer, Software Specification, Software Testing, Strategic Planning, System Validation, Systems Engineering, Team Player, Test Automation, Test Case, Test Harness, Test Scenario, Test Strategy, Testing, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Wi-Fi, Wireless Communications, Wireless Network Tools, iOS
LOCATION
San Diego, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Join the WTE Wi-Fi Quality team in driving innovation and delivering seamless wireless connectivity and the best user experience to our customers. Our team works on an Apple eco-system of devices that delivers the best wireless connectivity experience. If you are motivated, highly technical and passionate about Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Networking technologies, possess excellent problem solving and coding skills, this team can be your destination. You will join a dynamic quality assurance team, responsible for functional and performance validation of Wi-Fi (and other Wireless technologies) features on iOS and other exciting products. You will be delivering a detailed connectivity user experience to our customers, across exciting product lines. Crafting of test strategies using various test methodologies. Building test setups, automating test framework and test plans to ensure the best quality in Wi-Fi connectivity. Design, develop, and maintain comprehensive Wi-Fi test plans based on feature specifications, software requirements, and inputs from development teams and senior management. Contribute to Apples Peer-to-Peer Technologies team, driving the maintenance and evolution of test plans, testbeds, and automation frameworks to enable robust validation of new and existing peer-to-peer features. Troubleshoot and debug wireless connectivity, performance, and roaming issues using protocol analyzers, packet sniffers, and specialized RF diagnostic tools. Develop and automate test cases using Python and other scripting languages; contribute to and enhance internally developed automation frameworks to ensure reliable execution, pass/fail reporting, and collection of detailed device logs. Build and manage Wi-Fi testbeds using access points, attenuators, switches, sniffers, and related networking equipment to execute functional, performance, and interoperability test scenarios. Analyze customer feedback and field-reported issues to identify test coverage gaps; collaborate with Quality and Development teams to close gaps through new test cases and expanded automation coverage. Requirements: You have a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience. You thrive in a collaborative environment and can clearly communicate while driving multiple projects across teams. You build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Experience developing test strategies & executing it with automation or manual testing. You have 3-5 years of experience in 802.11 protocols and/or Bluetooth. You have 3-5 years of experience in SQA methodologies and practices. You have experience with scripting and automation - python preferred. You have experience in utilizing tools, including Wireless and Bluetooth packet sniffers and network protocol analyzers, to help resolve, root cause and provide debugging information to engineering teams. Thrive in a collaborative environment and comfortable working with multi functional teams. Laser-focused on the smallest details that are meaningful to our customers.

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