NEWS: Apple looks for an Iphone antenna engineer

John Navas · 2010-06-30T15:12:07+00:00

Apple is on the lookout for an Iphone antenna engineer.A post for the position of "Antenna Engineer-iPhone" went up on Apple'swebsite yesterday to supplement similar ones from a week ago. ApparentlyApple thinks it needs to hire someone who has an engineering backgroundin order to come up with antenna designs, presumably after its priorefforts have proven to be somewhat less than bang on the money.Apple's synopsis of the applicant's responsibilities are to "Define andimplement antenna system architecture to optimize the radiationperformance for wireless portable devices." So, its current band ofjourneymen must be all out of answers after their wrap-around coathanger stunt on the Iphone 4 backfired so miserably.Why Apple thought it was necessary to publicly advertise the position isall the more surprising after a leaked memo suggested that its finestproduced a design worthy of some award.The leaked document, guidance for customer care staff, was drawn up forthe firm to weasel out of responsibility for its shoddy design, saying,"The iPhone 4's wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped."Well, at least Apple is indirectly taking the rap for the cellular andWiFi reception issues of previous models.MORE:COMMENT: "It's not a bug, it's a feature!"