Wireless Systems Validation Engineer – GNSS

Apple • Cupertino, CA

14h

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 RF System Engineering team is looking for a passionate, self-motivated individual to work on integration of GNSS technologies into Apple’s wireless products.

You will validate and characterize wireless system performance across various wireless technologies to ensure compliance with industry standards and use case requirements. You will debug and perform failure analysis of issues in collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams and drive issues to resolution. You will also be responsible for completing certification testing: - Executing validation and characterization test plans to meet industry and performance requirements. - Bringing up devices under test (DUT) and test setups to ensure validation readiness. - Defining test requirements and designing and implementing test systems. - Tracking validation status, analyzing results, and communicating issues and insights from data to cross-functional forums. - Performing failure analysis to understand low margins or failures using experimental software/firmware and mock-up hardware. - Collaborating with test equipment vendors, technology suppliers, and cross-functional teams to optimize radio performance of the device. - Supporting manufacturing test processes and certification of Apple products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 3+ years of relevant experience
• Practical knowledge in GNSS RF validation
• Experience with using RF lab test equipment

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree with 3+ years of relevant experience
• Practical knowledge of receiver architecture and RF front-end characteristics that impact GNSS system-level RF parameters
• Practical knowledge of GNSS standards, including 3GPP and carrier performance requirements, compliance requirements, and associated test methodologies
• Hands-on experience with bench-level conducted GNSS testing and debugging at the module, reference board, or system level
• Hands-on experience with RF equipment such as network analyzers, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and cellular call boxes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of Python to help define new requirements and debug test automation

Responsibilities

• Validating and characterizing wireless system performance across various wireless technologies
• Debugging and performing failure analysis of issues
• Executing validation and characterization test plans
• Bringing up devices under test (DUT) and test setups
• Defining test requirements and designing and implementing test systems
• Tracking validation status, analyzing results, and communicating issues and insights from data to cross-functional forums
• Performing failure analysis to understand low margins or failures using experimental software/firmware and mock-up hardware
• Collaborating with test equipment vendors, technology suppliers, and cross-functional teams to optimize radio performance of the device
• Supporting manufacturing test processes and certification of Apple products

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level