
Product RF Design Engineer
Required skills
- RF Design
- Wireless Products
- Electromagnetic Theory
- Antenna Design
- System Integration
- Wireless Communications
- RF Architecture
- Product Design Trade-offs
- Electromagnetic Simulation
- RF Hardware
Nice to have
- Electrical Engineering
- RF Emphasis
- Electromagnetics
- RF Lab Instrumentation
- Desense Issues
- Noise Sources
Role summary
Apple is seeking a Product RF Design Engineer to join their Product RF Design team. This role involves pushing the boundaries of wireless performance for innovative products and contributing to the development of current and future generations of Apple products. The ideal candidate will have strong fundamentals in RF/wireless, electromagnetic theory, antenna design, system integration, and wireless communications. Responsibilities include RF architecture, design, integration, manufacturing, and utilizing simulation, prototyping, and testing to optimize product design and enable mass production.
Description
Product RF Design Engineers should have a broad-based knowledge in RF architecture, design, integration and manufacturing. They have deep theoretical and practical knowledge in one or more areas of electromagnetic theory, RF and Wireless circuit design, communication theory, and product design trade-off. They use electromagnetic and system simulation, hands on prototyping, test and measurement to understand complex system and sub-system interactions, implications to product level design, and manufacturing trade-offs to enable mass production.
Minimum Qualifications
BSEE or Equivalent Education. Coursework or experience in antenna/RF design, wireless communications, EM, or circuits. Knowledge of EM or RF Hardware or antenna design.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s or above degree in Electrical Engineering with Electro-magnetics or RF emphasis. Knowledge of electromagnetic simulation tools. Hands-on experience with RF lab instrumentation. Ability to debug Desense issues and characterize noise sources. Experience with production environment and statistical analysis.
Sample Apple interview questions
- 1
Design a typeahead box for a search engine
system designmedium - 2
Design a rate limiter
system designmedium - 3
Architect a key-value store for distributed systems.
system designmedium - 4
Design a system to schedule jobs in a distributed environment
system designmedium - 5
What is an API and how does it work?
technicalmedium
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