Wireless RF Compliance Validation Engineer (RSE)

Apple • Cupertino, CA

63d

About The Position

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’s Wireless Systems and Compliance Engineering team is looking for an RF Compliance Validation Engineer to perform RF regulatory characterization and demonstrate regulatory compliance for new Apple products with advanced radio technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 3+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience and in-depth understanding of System Transceiver RF Parametric and RF component level characteristics and behaviors.
• Working experience with lab equipment including network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and call boxes (i.e., CMW/8960/UXM).

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree with 3+ years of relevant work experience preferred.
• Detailed understanding of at least one Wireless technology including 5G FR1, FR2, GSM, UMTS, CDMA, LTE, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, Bluetooth, Thread, UWB, NFC.
• Understanding of Antenna characteristics impact to radiated testing.
• Familiarity with radiated test setups, radiated chamber calibration and use.
• Proficiency in MATLAB programming, or, ADS, CST, HFSS simulation.
• Knowledge on worldwide Regulatory standards in relation to carry a product to certification.

Responsibilities

• Validate emission test cases for different regulatory domains in certification test setups.
• Translate world-wide emission requirements into test cases and coordinate those with Regulatory Compliance teams to ensure that product validation covers all certification tests.
• Define and implement validation plans for regulatory-facing software features.
• Perform debugging of marginal/failure tests and interact with multi-functional teams like RFHW/Antenna/Product Design/EE/etc. to drive design changes and address issues.
• Maintain test setups via periodic checks and calibration.
• Help Regulatory Compliance teams in planning and delivering final certification testing at 3rd party test labs.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees