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Wireless SoC RF Integration and Validation Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (San Francisco Bay Area)$129.3k - $225.3kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Role focused on end-to-end RF integration, bring-up, calibration, validation, and production readiness for Apple’s wireless SoCs. Acts as a central hub across RF/Analog, Systems/PHY/MAC, VLSI/RTL, test and validation, and FW/SW to deliver pre-silicon/late-stage integration, DUT control, calibration algorithms, and mass-production readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and integrate RF end to end DUT control sequence and then verify it with emulation system.
  • Responsible for wireless-SOC RF functionality bring up.
  • Design and develop RF block and/or system calibrations including algorithms and optimizations.
  • RF performance optimization and characterization such as Psat, Mask, IP3, NF, ACPR, phase noise, lock time, return loss.
  • Design RF test bench and implement scripts which controls wireless-SOC and communicate test equipment.
  • Writing scripts that plot, parse and analyze large data sets.
  • Generate RF performance summary report based on characterization results again chip specification.
  • Develop RF Calibrations and tests for Wafer ATE and Module ATE mass productions and analyze ATE failures.
  • Develop RF FW based on python reference script.

Qualifications

  • BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.

Skills

Required:RF parametric testingRF test equipmentRF transceiver architecturesRFIC block-level designAutomation framework development
Nice to have:RF PCB designPythonEmbedded systems

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments (potential)
  • relocation assistance (potential)
  • Apple Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • discretionary stock unit awards
  • annual bonuses may apply per eligibility
  • enjoy benefits and programs subject to eligibility requirements
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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