Apple

Wireless Module Engineer

Apple$110K — $130K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, required.
  • Strong fundamentals in RF design and development.
  • Proven track record in project leadership and self-motivation.
  • Preferred advanced degree with 2+ years in wireless module development for consumer electronics.
  • Strong data analysis skills including yield (Cpk) and retest rate analysis.
  • Ability to work at high-level theory and hands-on execution.
  • Experience managing vendor teams and leading cross-time-zone meetings.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of wireless modules from concept to mass production.
  • Initiate early-phase RF architecture discussions with engineering and OSAT teams.
  • Drive formal module design release process and checkpoint reviews.
  • Manage module integration and ATE test coverage at OSATs.
  • Oversee preparation of ATE hardware and software for NPI builds.
  • Facilitate collaboration with multi-functional teams at Apple for test coverage definition.
  • Lead failure analysis process post-NPI builds and implement improvements.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence cutting-edge wireless technology development.
  • Engagement in cross-functional collaboration with diverse technical domains.
  • Responsibilities spanning from early concept through manufacturing ramp.
  • International travel for hands-on project involvement and operational oversight.
Full Job Description
Description

The Wireless Module Engineer (WME) is a highly motivated, self-driven technical lead responsible for driving the development of wireless modules from early architecture definition through mass-production ramp. This role requires strong cross-functional collaboration and the ability to deeply engage across a broad spectrum of technical domains including RF design, reliability, manufacturing test, supply chain, and system integration. The WME will initiate and lead early-phase RF architecture and specification discussions between internal engineering teams and Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly & Test (OSAT). They will ensure all OSATs comply with internal specification formats, review procedures, and approval workflows. The WME will drive the formal module design release process, establishing and reviewing checkpoints for schematics, PCB layout, electromagnetic/RF simulation results, design-for-manufacturability (DFM), test data readiness, and OSAT design feedback

In addition to communicating risks and priorities, the core responsibility of WME is to manage module integration and ATE test coverage at OSATs. WME will function as a general manager overseeing all aspects of ATE maturity preparation for hardware-such as load boards, daughter cards, sockets, and handlers-and software, firmware, module calibrations, GRR, and CPK/data analysis.

This role is expected to drive OSATs, set priorities, and collaborate closely with them to validate and approve the final ATE hardware and software integration, test coverage, and corresponding test limits, ensuring timely delivery of tested modules for product NPI builds. Following the NPI builds, WME will lead the failure analysis process with the OSATs and work with them to implement improvement activities, including enhancing ATE testers, optimizing software/firmware test time, and improving overall yield and retest rates. This role will involve traveling to international OSATs for Module & ATE bring up for 1-2 weeks before the product NPI builds. WME is expected to have a broad spectrum of technical depth to debug additional bring up issues during travel. For e.g. I2C & PCIe interface related issues. This team member will facilitate collaboration with multi-functional groups at Apple and define the test coverage. Typical test coverage includes but not limited to Open-Short & Continuity test, VCO calibration and test, TX/RX power calibration and test, RF packet test, EVM test, RX sensitivity test. They will collaborate closely with internal reliability engineering teams to translate expected product field-usage profiles into feasible and data-driven reliability test models for modules and components. This role supports multiple product lines within the Hardware Technology organization, ensuring technical excellence, risk visibility, and disciplined execution from early concept through manufacturing ramp.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum requirement of a bachelors degree

Strong RF fundamentals.

Proven track record for effective written/verbal communication, leading projects with self-motivation.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred advance degree in technical discipline with at least 2 or more years of wireless module development experience from early concept to MP for consumer electronic devices.

Strong RF design background. Additional experience in packaging, product engineering, ATE, and reliability engineering is highly desirable.

Strong data analysis skills including yield analysis (Cpk), and retest rate analysis, required for data sheet closures.

Capable of working at both high-level theory and detailed hands-on execution.

Experienced in managing vendor teams and leading cross-time-zone meetings.

AI/ML experience with expertise in Data Analysis is a plus.

Very good communication skills, verbal and written, including the capability to drive meetings to make key decisions on wireless technologies.

Ability to define best engineering methods for custom Wireless module and component development during prototyping phase.

Experience in setting up project schedules and work breakdown structures while communicating risks with prioritization.

Proficient in reviewing mechanical/electrical designs for sockets, fixtures, and test systems.

Ability to travel internationally.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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