Wireless Systems Integration Engineer

Overview

Summary At Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Do you like changing the game? We have an opportunity for a forward-thinking and unusually hardworking Wireless System Engineer. As a member of our multi-faceted group, you will have the rare and extraordinary opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple’s customers every single day.

In this technical role, you will be responsible for physical layer system design, integration, and characterization of state-of-the-art wireless SoC products at the center of a silicon design group from conception to production.

• Implement system models for the wireless communication system and its RF/circuit impairments and design, simulate, and implement state-of-the-art physical layer wireless communication algorithms.
• Design algorithms for calibration, pre-equalization, cancellation, and/or pre-distortion techniques to achieve efficient and robust performance across a large number of parts, systems, and wireless channels.
• Implement fixed-point models and perform detailed performance investigation to allow performance sign-off and enable RTL bit-exact development.
• Work with PHY algorithms alongside digital designers to create power- and area-efficient digital implementations.
• Collaborate with firmware designers on high-efficiency software implementations and hardware acceleration for PHY methods.
• Validate and characterize algorithms on real silicon alongside RFIC and digital circuit designers and automation/test engineers.

• BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience
• Related working experience in OFDM
• Bring-up experience to production state-of-the-art physical layer wireless communication system algorithms for very high data rate applications

• Preferred MSEE or PhD degrees
• Experience in designing firmware-based algorithms involving MAC-PHY interactions and SW-based PHY configurations, and implementing codes in Python and in firmware
• Experience in designing test plans and working with automation/test engineers to implement testing, collect and analyze results, identify and debug issues

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. The base pay range for this role is between $147,400 and $272,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs.

You’ll also receive benefits including comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. This role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note:

Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.