About the role

What will you do at Apple?

Are you highly detailed and skilled at developing creative solutions? Do you

love controlling even the smallest details to craft highly organized structures?

Do you enjoy building elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? In this

role, you will work with a team to provide power and performance data on

shipping Wi-Fi/“WLAN” and BT combo solutions and inform future direction. This

work is a vital component of the quality and efficiency of Apple’s future

products. Join this group, and you’ll have a direct impact on the technology

that shapes Apple’s customer experiences. Together, our work will be the reason

millions of customers feel they can trust their devices every single day!

DESCRIPTION

Apple’s Platform Architecture group is looking for a motivated engineer with a

strong background in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth measurements and analysis. We are

seeking a team member who is self-driven with initiative and passion for Wi-Fi

connectivity on consumer devices.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Experience operating wireless test equipment such as Octoscope/Spirent or

Keysight Wi-Fi UXM. Experience gathering power time series traces for Wi-Fi

power dashboards, common Wi-Fi power and/or radio performance use cases (scan,

transmit, receive, RvR). Experience with modern smartphone and laptop/portable

wireless architecture, from AP to Antenna, for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, UWB, NFC.

Experience with black box testing on consumer samples.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

MS or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related

field. 10+ years relevant industry experience. Experience with modern standards

including 802.11a/b/g/n/ax/be, BT Classic, BT LE, GNSS, LTE, 5G NR. Strong

passion for fast connectivity, Wi-Fi speed and coverage, and consumer

electronics. Familiarity with Wi-Fi baseband marketplace, market players,

discrete vs integrated markets, and trends. Understanding of foundational RF

concepts which drive Wi-Fi and BT power in the real world on live networks and

devices. Proficiency in a data processing language/library such as Python3,

Pandas, Scipy, Numpy, Matplotlib, Matlab or similar, and basic scripting (Bash).

Common end user benchmarking applications and tools (iPerf3, IxChariot, Keysight

TestApp, etc).

Which skills does this role require?

BluetoothRF ConceptsPower AnalysisPerformance BenchmarkingWireless Test EquipmentSmartphone ArchitectureLaptop ArchitectureBlack Box TestingPlatform ArchitectureOctoscopeSpirentKeysight UXM802.11ax802.11beUWBNFCConsumer ElectronicsAntennaWireless Architecture

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