Apple
RF System Integration Engineer (Instrument Engineering)
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 3–4 years of hands-on experience in RF, wireless, or test/measurement engineering.
- Education
- BS in Electrical Engineering or a related field; MS preferred.
About the job
Develops and supports RF measurement instruments and automated calibration software, from bench debugging and characterization through production deployment and internal customer support.
What you'll do
- Debug and characterize RF and analog measurement systems, identifying issues across hardware, firmware, and software.
- Develop and maintain automated test and calibration software, improving test coverage, repeatability, and throughput.
- Support RF applications and internal customers from prototype through mass production, and communicate measurement findings.
What they ask for
- BS in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 3–4 years of hands-on experience in RF, wireless, or test/measurement engineering.
- Strong RF fundamentals and demonstrated bench-debugging ability using standard RF test equipment.
- Proven experience developing automated test software in Python and/or C++ from the ground up.
Nice to have
- MS.
- Experience with RF calibration, RF data analysis using Python or MATLAB, DSP and communications theory, radio test and measurement, CI/CD, or AI/ML techniques and AI-assisted coding workflows.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, MATLAB, CI/CD, signal generators, signal/spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, power sensors
AI focus
Preferred experience includes using AI assistants and agentic coding workflows to design, write, and debug production-level engineering software, and applying AI/ML to RF data analysis, modeling, or anomaly detection.
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