Wireless Systems Validation Engineer

Apple•Cupertino, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now, can't imagine living without. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Validating emission test cases for different regulatory domains in certification test setups. Translating worldwide emission requirements into test cases and coordinating with Regulatory Compliance teams to ensure product validation covers all certification tests. Defining and implementing validation plans for regulatory-facing software features. Debugging marginal/failure tests and interacting with multi-functional teams like RFHW, Antenna, Product Design, EE, etc. to drive design changes and address issues. Maintaining test setups via periodic checks, calibration, and related activities. Helping Regulatory Compliance teams in planning and delivering final certification testing at 3rd party test labs.

Requirements

Master's Degree or foreign equivalent in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, telecommunications or related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
Experience and/or education must include: Performing characterization of wireless products towards worldwide compliance requirements.
Performing initial HW/SW bring-up on Prototype Hardware.
Debugging FA Wireless compliance related issues.
Collaborating with HW Design, FEM Vendors, Chipset vendors, Antenna, and Product design teams to come up with HW fixes.
Performing Schematic/layout reviews and HW fixes via mockups.
Defining and implementing various SW/FW features including Regulatory Power tables.
Reviewing World-wide Wireless Regulatory/Compliance specs and developing test plans.
Using knowledge of worldwide Regulatory standards in relation to carrying a product to certification.
Review schematic and layout of product with design team to provide feedback regarding RF/EMI regulatory requirements
Running RF Test Automation using Python and collaborate with SW team for any improvement that is required for RF testing

Responsibilities

Validating emission test cases for different regulatory domains in certification test setups.
Translating worldwide emission requirements into test cases and coordinating with Regulatory Compliance teams to ensure product validation covers all certification tests.
Defining and implementing validation plans for regulatory-facing software features.
Debugging marginal/failure tests and interacting with multi-functional teams like RFHW, Antenna, Product Design, EE, etc. to drive design changes and address issues.
Maintaining test setups via periodic checks, calibration, and related activities.
Helping Regulatory Compliance teams in planning and delivering final certification testing at 3rd party test labs.
Performing characterization of wireless products towards worldwide compliance requirements.
Performing initial HW/SW bring-up on Prototype Hardware.
Debugging FA Wireless compliance related issues.
Collaborating with HW Design, FEM Vendors, Chipset vendors, Antenna, and Product design teams to come up with HW fixes.
Performing Schematic/layout reviews and HW fixes via mockups.
Defining and implementing various SW/FW features including Regulatory Power tables.
Reviewing World-wide Wireless Regulatory/Compliance specs and developing test plans.
Using knowledge of worldwide Regulatory standards in relation to carrying a product to certification.
Review schematic and layout of product with design team to provide feedback regarding RF/EMI regulatory requirements
Running RF Test Automation using Python and collaborate with SW team for any improvement that is required for RF testing