... teams to enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical ... sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and ...
... teams to enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical ... sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and ...
... teams to enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical ... sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and ...
... teams to enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical ... sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and ...
RF Test Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · On-site
$128K - $177K/yr
... testing. * Partner closely with RF design engineers, avionics teams, and systems engineers to debug anomalies, root cause failures, and drive hardware improvements. * Develop automated test scripts ...
RF Test Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · On-site
$128K - $177K/yr
... testing. * Partner closely with RF design engineers, avionics teams, and systems engineers to debug anomalies, root cause failures, and drive hardware improvements. * Develop automated test scripts ...
RF Test Engineering Program Manager
$137K - $250K/yr
... enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and drive ...
RF Test Engineering Program Manager
$137K - $250K/yr
... enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and drive ...
RF Test New Product Technology Project Manager
$137K - $250K/yr
Description In this role, you will drive the NPI build planning, material readiness, and logistics activities that directly enable RF compliance and performance testing across iPhone, iPad, Apple ...
RF Test New Product Technology Project Manager
$137K - $250K/yr
Description In this role, you will drive the NPI build planning, material readiness, and logistics activities that directly enable RF compliance and performance testing across iPhone, iPad, Apple ...
RF Test New Product Technology Project Manager
$137K - $250K/yr
Description In this role, you will drive the NPI build planning, material readiness, and logistics activities that directly enable RF compliance and performance testing across iPhone, iPad, Apple ...
RF Test New Product Technology Project Manager
$137K - $250K/yr
Description In this role, you will drive the NPI build planning, material readiness, and logistics activities that directly enable RF compliance and performance testing across iPhone, iPad, Apple ...
RF Test Engineering Program Manager
$137K - $250K/yr
... enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and drive ...
RF Test Engineering Program Manager
$137K - $250K/yr
... enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and drive ...
RF Test Engineering Program Manager
$166K - $296K/yr
... enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and drive ...
RF Test Engineering Program Manager
$166K - $296K/yr
... enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and drive ...
RF Test Engineering Program Manager
$166K - $296K/yr
... enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and drive ...
RF Test Engineering Program Manager
$166K - $296K/yr
... enable RF testing in development and mass production. - Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns. - Attend and drive ...
Electronic Test Technician (RF)
$31 - $41/hr
The RF Test Technician will perform RF measurements, tuning, troubleshooting, and testing of ... that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent ...
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Electronic Test Technician (RF)
$31 - $41/hr
The RF Test Technician will perform RF measurements, tuning, troubleshooting, and testing of ... that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent ...
Senior RF Test Engineer
Redondo Beach, CA · On-site
$135K - $180K/yr
... and drive reliability across a wide range of RF hardware. This role is focused on RF test ... Develop scalable Python-based automation tools for RF testing, instrumentation control, and data ...
Senior RF Test Engineer
Redondo Beach, CA · On-site
$135K - $180K/yr
... and drive reliability across a wide range of RF hardware. This role is focused on RF test ... Develop scalable Python-based automation tools for RF testing, instrumentation control, and data ...
Senior RF Engineer
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$5.2K/wk
Drive the full hardware development cycle from bench prototype through design validation and ... Plan, develop, and execute RF testing at both board level and integrated system level using ...
Senior RF Engineer
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$5.2K/wk
Drive the full hardware development cycle from bench prototype through design validation and ... Plan, develop, and execute RF testing at both board level and integrated system level using ...
Drive the full hardware development cycle from bench prototype through design validation and ... Plan, develop, and execute RF testing at both board level and integrated system level using ...
Drive the full hardware development cycle from bench prototype through design validation and ... Plan, develop, and execute RF testing at both board level and integrated system level using ...
... testing for firmware and driver updates. * Investigate performance degradation by tracing issues across software, firmware, drivers, and RF hardware to identify root causes and drive resolution.
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... testing for firmware and driver updates. * Investigate performance degradation by tracing issues across software, firmware, drivers, and RF hardware to identify root causes and drive resolution.
RF Test Engineering Program Manager
Cupertino, CA · On-site
$172.10 - $305.60/hr
Work closely with factory teams to enable RF testing in development and mass production. * Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer ...
RF Test Engineering Program Manager
Cupertino, CA · On-site
$172.10 - $305.60/hr
Work closely with factory teams to enable RF testing in development and mass production. * Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer ...
RF Test New Product Technology Project Manager
Cupertino, CA · On-site
$141.80 - $258.60/hr
Manage material procurement and coordinate installation and validation testing of RF conformance and performance test systems, including instrumentation and robotics automation. * Drive the CTB ...
RF Test New Product Technology Project Manager
Cupertino, CA · On-site
$141.80 - $258.60/hr
Manage material procurement and coordinate installation and validation testing of RF conformance and performance test systems, including instrumentation and robotics automation. * Drive the CTB ...
Senior RF Systems Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$161K - $221K/yr
As a Systems Engineer, you'll design, integrate, and optimize complex systems that drive the ... testing, and ensuring seamless integration of subsystems. Additionally, you'll identify and ...
Senior RF Systems Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$161K - $221K/yr
As a Systems Engineer, you'll design, integrate, and optimize complex systems that drive the ... testing, and ensuring seamless integration of subsystems. Additionally, you'll identify and ...
Senior RF Systems Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$161K - $221K/yr
As a Systems Engineer, you'll design, integrate, and optimize complex systems that drive the ... testing, and ensuring seamless integration of subsystems. Additionally, you'll identify and ...
Senior RF Systems Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$161K - $221K/yr
As a Systems Engineer, you'll design, integrate, and optimize complex systems that drive the ... testing, and ensuring seamless integration of subsystems. Additionally, you'll identify and ...
Senior RF Engineer
El Segundo, CA · On-site
$120K - $220K/yr
Drive RF performance through analysis, simulation, bench testing, and flight data * Lead EMI/EMC mitigation across avionics, power, and payload systems * Work closely with avionics, GNC, electrical ...
Senior RF Engineer
El Segundo, CA · On-site
$120K - $220K/yr
Drive RF performance through analysis, simulation, bench testing, and flight data * Lead EMI/EMC mitigation across avionics, power, and payload systems * Work closely with avionics, GNC, electrical ...
Senior RF Engineer
El Segundo, CA · On-site
$120K - $220K/yr
Drive RF performance through analysis, simulation, bench testing, and flight data * Lead EMI/EMC mitigation across avionics, power, and payload systems * Work closely with avionics, GNC, electrical ...
Senior RF Engineer
El Segundo, CA · On-site
$120K - $220K/yr
Drive RF performance through analysis, simulation, bench testing, and flight data * Lead EMI/EMC mitigation across avionics, power, and payload systems * Work closely with avionics, GNC, electrical ...
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Job description
As an Engineering Program Manager supporting the Wireless Systems & Compliance Engineering team, you will apply your Program / Project management skills and have significant responsibility for driving multiple RF test-related projects that are essential to timely, successful release of Apple products. The teams that the EPM will support have responsibility for ensuring that Apple products meet RF performance specifications and stay in sync with relevant government and industry regulations. To ensure RF compliance, testing is performed with a range of niche RF test equipment and setups, including conducted RF test stations, anechoic and semi-anechoic chambers, as well as custom crafted setups in indoor and outdoor environments. Testing is performed in the local Bay Area, San Diego as well as in other locations worldwide. The test setups include instrument and robotics automation, as needed.
This is an individual contributor role. The successful candidate may support a variety of programs ranging from new wireless platform validation to new product integration, process improvement initiatives, and competitive analysis.
Description
- Lead multiple parallel projects.
- Collaborate closely with RF test engineers and technicians to develop plans for compliance and conformance testing of Apple products including iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch among others.
- Coordinate and drive build-readiness reviews.
- Manage specification reviews and the spec sign off process.
- Talk to System EPMs to coordinate regulatory testing within the timeline for product MP release.
- Work closely with factory teams to enable RF testing in development and mass production.
- Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns.
- Attend and drive collaboration and co-ordination sessions with multi-functional team members from SW/FW/HW to track feature enablement.
- Present to management in weekly multi-functional meetings to align on project progress.
- Prepare issue/bug reports to present to system level teams, multi-functional teams and management.
Minimum Qualifications
BS degree + 10 years relevant experience
Requires one of the following: RF Test Equipment or knowledge of cellular standards including WCDMA, LTE and 5G and/or Knowledge of 3GPP RF test specification and/or General knowledge of WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.
Preferred Qualifications
2+ Years Technical Program or Project Management or Engineering Lead
Strong desire to own/drive project development using well defined metrics.
Experience working in a multifaceted engineering environment and real-time crisis leadership skills.
Experience with disciplined issue reporting, bug tracking, and communication of program risks & status.
Candidate should be able to participate in technical discussions related to RF testing with the multi-functional teams.
Candidate should have excellent communications skills and should understand how to tailor content to meet the needs of the intended audience.
This is an individual contributor role. The successful candidate may support a variety of programs ranging from new wireless platform validation to new product integration, process improvement initiatives, and competitive analysis.
Description
- Lead multiple parallel projects.
- Collaborate closely with RF test engineers and technicians to develop plans for compliance and conformance testing of Apple products including iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch among others.
- Coordinate and drive build-readiness reviews.
- Manage specification reviews and the spec sign off process.
- Talk to System EPMs to coordinate regulatory testing within the timeline for product MP release.
- Work closely with factory teams to enable RF testing in development and mass production.
- Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to track & follow up issues/customer concerns.
- Attend and drive collaboration and co-ordination sessions with multi-functional team members from SW/FW/HW to track feature enablement.
- Present to management in weekly multi-functional meetings to align on project progress.
- Prepare issue/bug reports to present to system level teams, multi-functional teams and management.
Minimum Qualifications
BS degree + 10 years relevant experience
Requires one of the following: RF Test Equipment or knowledge of cellular standards including WCDMA, LTE and 5G and/or Knowledge of 3GPP RF test specification and/or General knowledge of WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.
Preferred Qualifications
2+ Years Technical Program or Project Management or Engineering Lead
Strong desire to own/drive project development using well defined metrics.
Experience working in a multifaceted engineering environment and real-time crisis leadership skills.
Experience with disciplined issue reporting, bug tracking, and communication of program risks & status.
Candidate should be able to participate in technical discussions related to RF testing with the multi-functional teams.
Candidate should have excellent communications skills and should understand how to tailor content to meet the needs of the intended audience.
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Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, intelligent people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same real passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it.
Industry
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
Company size
10,000+ Employees
Headquarters location
Cupertino, CA, US
Year founded
1976