RF Design Engineer - Next-Gen Wireless

Summary

Join a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver outstanding performance for wireless products. As a senior member of the Product RF Design team, you will be at the forefront of wireless technology, pushing the boundaries of achievable performance for innovative products. You'll bring deep, hands-on expertise to a product development team that shapes current and future generations of Apple products, and you'll play a key role in building team capability — guiding junior engineers, fostering collaboration, and strengthening the team's technical culture as it grows. We're looking for an experienced engineer with strong fundamentals and a proven track record in RF/wireless and electromagnetic theory, antenna design, system integration, and wireless communications.

Minimum Qualifications

BSEE or equivalent education. 6+ years of experience in antenna/RF design in consumer products. Demonstrated ownership of RF/antenna design through at least one full product cycle, from concept to mass production. Strong foundation in antenna/RF design, wireless communications, EM theory, or circuit design. Deep knowledge of EM or RF hardware and antenna design.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's or above in Electrical Engineering with an Electro-magnetics or RF emphasis. Advanced proficiency with electromagnetic simulation tools. Extensive hands-on experience with RF lab instrumentation. Proven ability to debug desense issues and characterize noise sources independently. Experience driving production-environment problem solving and statistical analysis. Experience mentoring or technically leading other engineers.

Description

As a mid/senior RF Design Engineer, you bring broad, deep knowledge across RF architecture, design, integration, and manufacturing. You have deep theoretical and practical expertise in electromagnetic theory, RF and wireless circuit design, communication theory, and product design trade-offs — and you know how to apply that expertise to resolve complex, ambiguous technical problems independently. You use electromagnetic and system simulation, hands-on prototyping, and test and measurement to understand complex system and sub-system interactions, their implications for product-level design, and manufacturing trade-offs that enable mass production at scale.

Responsibilities

Own antenna design, EM simulation, and prototype HW design from concept through production, with minimal oversight. Lead integration of multiple wireless technologies (cellular, GPS, Wifi, NFC) into products, resolving cross-technology coexistence and interference challenges. Drive RF/antenna schematic and PCB/flex layout decisions, balancing performance, manufacturability, and cost. Partner closely with wireless and software architects, industrial designers, and product designers to shape product design with an RF-first lens on user experience. Work directly with manufacturing teams to support builds from prototype through mass production, troubleshooting issues in real time. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow their skills and ownership over time. Contribute to team building by fostering a collaborative, knowledge-sharing culture and helping establish RF design best practices and documentation. Represent RF design decisions and trade-offs to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.