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At Apple we are committed to develop best-in-class mobile devices that enable simultaneously an un-compromised customer experience and ever increasing battery time. Keeping our commitment is possible by being in the forefront of the innovation, by bringing to our teams outstandingly talented and motivated people. The success we are striving is the result of very skilled teams, collaborating in an environment which cultivate creativity, partnership, thinking of old problems in new ways and an un-compromised need for excellence. If that sounds like the kind of environment that you find intriguing, then let's talk.\nDescription\nIn cellular modem development, the RF system is developed, characterized, and optimized before it gets integrated into different kinds of products. As an RF System Validation Intern, your role will focus heavily on applying your software development and automatization skills to this cycle. 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Your growing knowledge of RF systems, combined with your software debugging ability, will be valuable in helping senior engineers investigate functional and performance failures.\nYour role will include but not be limited to the following tasks:\nStudy and understand system specifications to assist in identifying relevant system use-cases for validation.\nImplement and debug automated tests, requiring strong software skill and an understanding of RF test methodologies, to create meaningful regression campaigns.\nSupport the installed quality gates by constantly helping to expand test coverage through improved automatization.\nApply your software skill to develop automatization tools for the characterization of the downlink system performance, helping manage the multi-dimensional RF solution space.\nAssist in debugging RF functional or performance issues by developing software scripts to parse logs, analyze data, and visualize RF key performance indicators (KPIs).\nTrack the status and progress of test execution by helping define and report on metrics with clear verdicts.\nCollaborate with colleagues from different disciplines (System Engineering, HW, FW, and SW development teams) to support the resolution of RF-related problems.\nGain hands-on experience by using your software skills to control state-of-the-art RF test equipment and development platforms through automatization.\nDocument methodology and best practices for the verification flow.\nMinimum Qualifications\nCurrently pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.\nExcellent Python programming skills are a must; 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