Apple
Wireless Network Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Services
$158K–$281K
Austin Metro Area, Texas +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- Austin Metro Area, Texas
Sacramento Metro Area, California - Experience
- 7+ years in network engineering; 4+ years focused on wireless solutions. Preferred: over 10 years of hands-on wireless experience.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent job-related experience
About the job
Designs, deploys, and maintains wireless network infrastructure for Apple retail and other environments, while resolving complex reliability and performance issues.
What you'll do
- Design, deploy, and maintain wireless infrastructure, standards, RF policies, and documentation.
- Conduct RF surveys and diagnostics, monitor network health, and resolve Tier 3 wireless issues.
- Evaluate vendors and emerging technologies, and support global on-call escalations and scheduled changes.
What they ask for
- 7+ years in network engineering, including 4+ years focused on wireless solutions.
- Experience with high-density wireless deployments and IEEE 802.11, encryption, WIDS, rogue detection, 802.1x, OWE, RADIUS, and EAP-TLS.
- Experience with wireless vendors/platforms and wireless analysis, RF planning, and site survey tools.
- Experience with TCP/IP (IPv4/IPv6), routing, switching, wireless client chipsets/drivers, and RF engineering.
Nice to have
- Over 10 years of hands-on experience with wireless solutions and infrastructure; automation or scripting, preferably Ansible and Python.
- Experience leveraging AI and prompt engineering to analyze datasets and solve application, network, or RF issues; relevant industry certifications.
Pay
$157,700 and $280,600 (base salary)
Tools
IEEE 802.11, Wi-Fi 6/6E/7, 802.1x, RADIUS, EAP-TLS, Ansible, Python, Ekahau
AI focus
Use AI and prompt engineering to manage large datasets and find and solve application, network, or RF issues (preferred).
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