RF/mmW Hardware Design Engineer, Apple
$175.8-312.2k
+ Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
More information about location
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
Personal technology company
Job no longer available
Personal technology company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$175.8-312.2k
+ Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
More information about location
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
Apple's mission is to bring the best user experience to its customers through its innovative hardware, software, and services.
Role
Who you are
- BSEE and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
- Strong knowledge of RF systems principles, RF/mmW hardware design, digital communications, and phased array antenna fundamentals
- Experience with schematic, layout, and EM simulation flows with tools such as Capture, Allegro, HFSS, ADS
- Experience in defining RF/mmW conducted and radiated characterization and production test plans
- Scripting experience in Python for test automation and post-processing
- Excellent written and verbal communication and consistent record of working as a great teammate
Desirable
- MSEE or Ph.D and 2+ years of relevant industry experience
- Expertise in Tx/Rx specification flow down related to linearity and noise
- Expertise in IC/package co-design and EM/SIPI simulation flows
- Expertise in module packaging technologies, qualification, and ATE
- Familiarity with embedded systems and peripheral interfaces
- Proficiency in wireless communications standards and wireless technology
- Hands on experience with 5GNR FR2 product development
- Hands on experience with probe stations for conducted characterization and anechoic chambers for OTA characterization, especially at mmW frequencies
What the job involves
- As part of our RF/mmW Hardware Design team, you’ll be responsible for bringing groundbreaking wireless connectivity to the world
- On this team, you’ll help improve the performance of our products and architect and implement our hardware development platforms
- Together, our goal is to ensure nothing stands in the way of our customers’ connections with their devices
- Join us and help build world-renowned wireless systems that connect customers to their world like never before
- The RF/mmW Hardware Design Engineer will design, develop, and optimize radio frequency hardware circuits and systems for wireless communications devices operating at mmW frequencies
- The engineer will be responsible for design and integration of cellular radio platforms, and will be involved from initial concept study to the mass production
- Collaborate with multi-functional teams to develop and integrate cellular radio platforms into Apple’s products
- Implement creative RF designs to realize our wireless product requirements
- Contribute to RF/mmW module, board-level, and flex designs up through mmW operating frequencies
- Author schematics and drive layout optimizations for RF/mmW modules with extensive EM simulations
- Perform RF system lineup analyses to ensure our system designs meet industry and internal standards
- Create and maintain RF/electrical specifications for RF components and drive component development
- Architect component-level and system-level characterization setups and drive characterization and debug activities in our lab and at our production partner labs
- Travel internationally to support prototype hardware builds. Up to 10% travel may be required
Our take
With a market capitalisation that reached $3 trillion in 2022, Apple is the world's most valuable company. A vertically integrated approach and obsessive focus on the user experience have helped to make Apple one of the most successful companies in the world.
Since taking over at Apple, Tim Cook has been carefully curating the company's reputation as a champion of consumer privacy, trying to set the company apart from others that monetise their users' data.
The company even went as far as to introduce sweeping privacy changes which made it difficult to tailor ads to Apple’s 1bn+ iPhone users. This rocked the $400bn digital ads market, seriously harming the revenue of its bigger rivals in the lucrative industry and forcing them to rebuild their ad infrastructure.
Despite this, the company has been shaken by supply chain issues and moved a considerable amount of its manufacturing from China to India, and increased its Vietnam presence. This is because of multi-pronged production disruption in China, the second largest customer market for Apple, and triggered an estimated 10% revenue drop in the first quarter of 2023.
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Insights
204% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Everyone has different needs and schedules, and that’s why we offer medical plans that cover both physical and mental healthcare
- In addition, employees have the option to access medical professionals from almost anywhere and get free confidential counselling — virtual or in person
- You could also be eligible for help with fitness-related expenses
- Our medical coverage plans include family-friendly features such as fertility treatments
- Because we know there’s more than one way to bring a new child into your family, we support all kinds of new parents with paid leave and our gradual return-to-work programme
- You also get paid time away if you need to care for an ill family member and free guidance to help you find support for childcare, elderly care, legal referrals and more
- At Apple, we make sure women earn the same as men performing similar work. As part of that effort, your salary history is history — we won’t ask
- Every employee here also has the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder, because all are eligible for stock grants and also a discount when purchasing Apple stock
- To help you prepare for retirement, our pension can help you meet your savings goals. And to help you prepare for the unexpected, you’ll have the security of multiple forms of income protection
- Plan on developing both professionally and personally. Apple University creates classes, seminars and beyond-the-classroom tools that help employees understand Apple’s culture, organisation, values, and role in the world. You can sharpen general business and software skills through online classes
- For more formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, we’ll reimburse you for certain educational expenses, including tuition
- Whether you’re exploring personal pursuits, welcoming a new child or caring for a family member, rest assured that you’ll have paid time away when you need it most
- When you give money to an eligible organisation, we’ll match your donations one-for-one, so your contribution is doubled. And if you choose to donate your time, we’ll contribute US$25 for every hour you volunteer. Whether you donate time or money, Apple will match your contributions up to US$10,000 a year
- Get the world’s best prices on the world’s best products — Apple products. You’ll also get deals on great third-party accessories
- And there are services to help you manage life’s day-to-day tasks: dinner reservations, pet-sitters, shopping, personal travel, financial guidance and more
Company HQ
Cupertino, CA
Leadership
Tim Cook
(CEO, not founder)Joined Apple in 1998 and held various senior roles before being promoted to CEO in 2011. Previously Spent 12 years with IBM, most recently as director of North American Fulfilment, where he led manufacturing and distribution functions for IBM’s Personal Computer Company in North and Latin America
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