Apple
Wireless SoC RF Integration and Validation Engineer
$123K–$225K
Irvine, California +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- Irvine, California
Sunnyvale, California - Education
- Bachelor’s degree
About the job
Develops and validates end-to-end RF integration for wireless SoCs, from DUT control and calibration through silicon bring-up, characterization, and production testing.
What you'll do
- Develop and verify RF DUT control sequences; bring up wireless-SoC RF functionality and optimize performance through characterization.
- Design RF calibrations and test benches, write scripts to analyze data, and report performance against chip specifications.
- Develop RF tests and calibrations for wafer and module ATE production, analyze failures, and develop RF firmware from Python reference scripts.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Solid experience with RF parametric testing, such as IP3, NF, ACPR, phase noise, and load pull.
- Strong working knowledge of RF test equipment, including network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, and vector signal generators.
- Strong wireless RF background and familiarity with RF fundamentals, RF transceiver architectures, and/or digital communication.
Nice to have
- Proficiency understanding RFIC block-level design schematics; some RF PCB design, debug, and development experience.
- Python programming; experience with embedded systems, C programming, or automation framework development.
Pay
$122,700 and $214,300 (base salary); $129,300 and $225,300 (base salary)
Tools
Python, C, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, vector signal analyzer, vector signal generator, Wafer ATE, Module ATE
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