Wi-Fi Power and Performance Engineer - Platform Architecture - Santa Clara, United States
Originally posted 4 September 2026 by the employer — open 16 days.
About the role
This role focuses on providing power and performance data for shipping Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combo solutions and informing future product direction. This work directly impacts the quality and efficiency of Apple’s future products, particularly within the Platform Architecture group.
What you'll do
- Provide power and performance data on shipping Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combo solutions.
- Inform future direction of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies.
- Conduct measurements and analysis for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance.
- Perform black box testing on consumer samples.
- Gather power time series traces for Wi-Fi power dashboards.
What you'll need
- BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Experience operating wireless test equipment such as Octoscope/Spirent or Keysight Wi-Fi UXM.
- Experience gathering power time series traces for Wi-Fi power dashboards, common Wi-Fi power and/or radio performance use cases (scan, transmit, receive, RvR).
- Experience with modern smartphone and laptop/portable wireless architecture, from AP to Antenna, for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, UWB, NFC.
- Experience with black box testing on consumer samples.
Nice to have
- MS or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Experience with modern standards including 802.11a/b/g/n/ax/be, BT Classic, BT LE, GNSS, LTE, 5G NR.
- Familiarity with Wi-Fi baseband marketplace, market players, discrete vs integrated markets, and trends.
- Understanding of foundational RF concepts which drive Wi-Fi and BT power in the real world on live networks and devices.
- Proficiency in a data processing language/library such as Python3, Pandas, Scipy, Numpy, Matplotlib, Matlab or similar, and basic scripting (Bash).
- Common end user benchmarking applications and tools (iPerf3, IxChariot, Keysight TestApp, etc).
Skills: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, wireless test equipment, power time series traces, RF concepts
This role has been open 16 days — well below the 40-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
257
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Median days open
40 d
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Median salary
$165k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Apple | All employers we track in this specialty (257 roles · 34 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 20 | 257 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 32 | 1337 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 17 d | 40 d (−23 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $165k |
Skills observed across this category: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, wireless test equipment, power time series traces, RF concepts
Who's hiring in this category
- QORVO · 47 open roles · median 32 d
- Skyworks · 36 open roles · median 29 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 58 d
- Keysight Technologies · 23 open roles · median 172 d
- Apple (this employer) · 20 open roles · median 17 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 42 d
How we counted: 257 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 34 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 20 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.