Wireless Product Validation Engineer

Apple • San Diego, CA

18h

About The Position

Are you an accomplished engineer with a passion for solving intricate challenges
that directly impact the success of an organization? We are the Product Systems
Quality organization, and we are looking for a Wireless Product Validation
Engineer. We work cross-functionally with Hardware Engineering, Hardware
Technology, and Software Engineering. We focus on the end user performance and
play a critical role in shipping high quality Apple products! You will be
responsible for developing, designing, and running tests to validate wireless
features on Apple products. Additionally, you will lead automation of wireless
performance testbeds and have the opportunity to contribute to the development
of exceptional Apple products with unparalleled wireless experiences for our
customers. Come join our team!

You should possess a comprehensive understanding of wireless technologies and
have direct practical experience demonstrating domain expertise in one of the
wireless connectivity technologies, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (classic BT/BLE),
Thread/Matter. You'll have a deep theoretical knowledge of wireless protocols,
hands-on experience in consistently validating one of these wireless
technologies and good tooling and automation expertise in wireless performance
evaluation.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in an Engineering field
• Proven experience as a Software Test and Automation Engineer specializing in wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Thread, and other wireless protocols
• 3 years of proven experience evaluating wireless performance in WiFi or Bluetooth.
• 3 years of proven programming experience in scripting languages such as PERL, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, C#, and others
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Master's in an Engineering field preferred
• Strong debugging experience is highly desirable
• Knowledge of existing wireless communication protocols: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) or Bluetooth/BLE, 802.15.4/Thread/Matter
• Proficiency in network/RF tools such as iPerf, Wireshark, Ellisys, Network and Spectrum Analyzers, attenuators is beneficial
• Experience working with standards bodies in the wireless domain, including IEEE, Wi-Fi Alliance, Bluetooth SIG, Thread Group, is beneficial

Responsibilities

• developing, designing, and running tests to validate wireless features on Apple products
• lead automation of wireless performance testbeds
• contribute to the development of exceptional Apple products with unparalleled wireless experiences for our customers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees