RF Test Development Engineer - ATE (Early Careers) - (m/f/d)

Summary Posted: May 30, 2025 Role Number: 200603891 Do you love crafting sophisticated solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, and RF devices. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that operates Apple’s devices. The people who work here have reinvented and defined entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, AirPods, HomePod, and a multitude of groundbreaking Accessories. The same 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. You should join us to help deliver the next amazing Apple product! In this role, your responsibilities will be to develop the ATE production test solutions that will guarantee the constant high quality of our integrated RF devices in high volume production. Description As a Junior RF test development engineer (Automated Test Equipment), it will be your task to develop the test solutions that will guarantee the constant high quality of our integrated RF devices in high volume production. Together with your project partners in silicon validation, circuit design, system engineering, firmware development and product engineering, you will define the required test coverage for mass production. It will be part of your responsibility to find the optimum solution with respect to outgoing quality and production efficiency. Your test solution will be using Automated Test Equipment, a class of highly complex measurement equipment that is explicitly designed for this purpose. Writing the test program, designing the required hardware to interface the device under test and correlation activities between your test environment and bench measurements in the verification lab will all be part of your daily work. Occasional travel may be required, as you will be working with internal and external partners worldwide. Minimum Qualifications Master Degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or a related field. Preferred Qualifications Knowledge of RF and Microwave measurement concepts and methods is a must Hands-on experience with RF measurement equipment (e.g. during lab work for your thesis) Principles of RF communication transceivers and RF building blocks Ability to study a problem in depth, design experiments, analyze data, and present results Solid programming skills in Java, C/C++, Python or equivalent languages Fluency in English is required Occasional international travel may be required Following qualifications will be considered as a plus: Test development on Automated Test Equipment (ATE), e.g. Teradyne UFlex or Advantest 93k platforms Software development (e.g. Java/C++/Python) in a team using version control like Git/GitLab Knowledge of Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Converters (ADC, DAC) Practical experience with highly complex integrated devices Knowledge of integrated semiconductors and their manufacturing process Design-for-Test (DFT) Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.