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At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, amazing people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norms here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. 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. Join us to help design the next groundbreaking Apple product! If you are eager to work on challenges that no one has solved yet, you will have an outstanding and phenomenal opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple customers every single day. In this outstanding role, you will be responsible for the design and development of Virtual Prototype models and platforms for Apple RF embedded systems. 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