Wireless RF OTA MIMO Systems Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States
Hardware

Summary

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Role Number:200450272
At Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Do you like changing the game? As a member of our dynamic group, you will have the unique and rewarding opportunity to shape upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple’s customers every day. Apple Wireless System team is looking for an engineer to work on system performance characterization across different wireless technologies for Apple’s wireless products

Key Qualifications

  • Working experience with MIMO/UWB characteristics (at a system level), antenna design and requirements for modern wireless communication systems such as UWB, LTE, WiFi, 802.11ad and mmWave systems
  • Working experience with wireless protocols, antennas, and radio propagation.
  • Experience with different wireless communication systems such as GSM/GPRS/EDGE/LTE, 5G mmWave, etc. including the corresponding system level specifications (e.g., ETSI 51.010, 51.05…) is important.
  • Working experience with different lab equipment: network analyzers, signal generators, signal analyzers, call boxes (i.e., CMW), channel emulators.
  • Familiarity with regulatory requirements and certification process for CTIA and 3GPP.
  • Excellent communication skills required, both written & verbal.

Description

• Validating OTA test cases for different carrier/industry conformance requirements in certification test setups. • Translating industry conformance/ regulatory/ carrier specification requirements into test cases. Coordinating with regulatory compliance/ carrier management teams to ensure product validation covers all certification/performance tests. • Define/execute validation plan for custom SW features • Debugging marginal/failure tests with cross-functional teams like RFHW /Antenna/ Product Design/EE/etc. and drive design changes to address issues • Maintain test setups via periodic checks, calibration, etc. • Drive planning/executing on final certification testing at 3rd party test labs for PTCRB/CTIA/CWG testing.

Education & Experience

BS degree in technical discipline.

Additional Requirements

Pay & Benefits