Wireless Systems Integration Engineer

Summary

Posted: Oct 23, 2024

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200574333

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 multifaceted 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.

Description

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. Experience in PHY algorithms with digital designers using power and area efficient digital implementations. Experience in PHY methods with firmware designers using high efficiency software implementations, and hardware acceleration. Some working experience with validation and characterizing algorithms on real silicon alongside RFIC and digital circuit designers and automation/test engineers.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
• Related working experience with OFDM
• Bring-up experience and take to production state-of-the-art physical layer wireless communication system algorithms for very high data rate applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred MSEE or PHD degrees
• Experience in designing firmware based algorithms involving MAC-PHY interactions and SW based PHY configurations and implement codes in Python and in firmware.
• Experience in designing test plans and work with automation/test engineers to implement the same, collect and analyze test result, identify and debug issues.

Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,800 and $312,200, 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. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 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. Additionally, 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.