Wireless RF OTA Connectivity Systems Engineer
About the role
Apple's Wireless System and Compliance Engineering team is looking for a Systems Engineer to drive connectivity performance across WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, and UWB technologies. You will define, characterize, and optimize connectivity performance across the product portfolio, translating carrier, regulatory, and industry requirements into system specifications.
What you'll do
- Define, characterize, and optimize connectivity performance across Apple's product portfolio.
- Translate carrier, regulatory, and industry requirements into wireless system specifications.
- Proactively identify hardware and software optimization opportunities and drive their adoption.
- Champion product quality across WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, and UWB technologies in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's Degree in EE or equivalent with 10+ years of relevant work experience.
- Industry experience in development and characterization of RF/Antenna systems for wireless technologies, including experience commercializing wireless products.
- Understanding of wireless system concepts and performance evaluation in at least one technology: 802.11ax, 802.11ac, Wi-Fi 6E, GNSS, UWB, or Bluetooth.
- Understanding of PHY layer and MAC/application layer protocols.
- Understanding of end-to-end link budget and wireless propagation.
- Hands-on modeling experience using at least one simulation tool such as MATLAB, HFSS, CST, ANSOFT, or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in EE or equivalent with 10+ years of relevant work experience.
- Working experience with RF characterization, antenna design and testing, anechoic chambers, and RF test equipment.
- Hands-on experience with throughput measurement tools such as ixChariot, iPerf, Octoscope, or similar.
- Proficiency in MATLAB for system-level modeling and simulation.
- Familiarity with industry conformance requirements for WLAN, Bluetooth, and GNSS technologies.
- Familiarity with chipset and platform architecture for connectivity technologies (WLAN, Bluetooth, GNSS, UWB).
- Familiarity with AI tools and workflows such as LLMs, AI coding assistants, and automation platforms.
Skills: RF/Antenna, OTA, WLAN, Bluetooth, link budget
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 50-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
260
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Median days open
50 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$166k
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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 (260 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 38 | 260 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 75 | 1538 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 19 d | 50 d (−31 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $166k |
Skills observed across this category: RF/Antenna, OTA, WLAN, Bluetooth, link budget
Who's hiring in this category
- Skyworks · 56 open roles · median 42 d
- Apple (this employer) · 31 open roles · median 20 d
- Keysight Technologies · 31 open roles · median 82 d
- Qualcomm · 23 open roles · median 104 d
- MACOM · 17 open roles · median 8 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 14 open roles · median 48 d
How we counted: 260 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 35 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Nov 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.