In yet more news of increasing links between Apple and Verizon, a job posting for a Verizon iPad system engineer has recently surfaced. Although the “engineer” title might make it sound like Apple’s looking for someone to direct, say, putting a CDMA or LTE chipset into the iPad, the job description tells a different story. Apple wants someone who “will be responsible for developing carrier relationships within the carrier technical teams” and “play a critical role in helping key corporate accounts develop confidence in the Apple solution.” Apple’s ‘System Engineers’ are the technical professionals who assist the sales and marketing teams working with key clients, not the folks in the underground laboratories who actually design the products.
Still, it’s also a sign that Apple and Verizon’s iPad relationship may soon go beyond merely selling the existing iPad in Verizon’s stores. We’ve already had word recently that Verizon wants to sell the iPhone and may start selling an LTE iPhone 4 immediately after Christmas, so it’s not surprising that Verizon and Apple’s relationship may be getting much cozier in the near future.
[via Electronista & 9to5 Mac]
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