Apple

Modem System Test Engineer - Wireless Technologies and Ecosystems

Apple$130K — $155K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in a relevant technical field.
  • Deep understanding of 3GPP LTE and 5G NR protocols.
  • Hands-on experience with cellular protocol stack implementation and validation.
  • Strong proficiency in Python for automation and data processing.
  • Solid grasp of digital communication principles and modulation techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize diagnostics and analytics to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Collaborate with multi-functional teams on software and hardware enhancements.
  • Develop advanced debugging capabilities for cellular systems.
  • Engage in software evaluation for various protocol interfaces.
  • Drive continuous process improvements to enhance user experience.

Benefits

  • Flexibility to work across all aspects of Protocol software.
  • Opportunity to impact iPhone user experience globally.
  • Involvement in pioneering cellular technology development.
  • Access to advanced testing tools and methodologies.
Full Job Description
Description

We expect you to be hands-on relying upon diagnostics, analytics, crowd sourced information, lab/field experimentations as well as code/architecture review to exploit the opportunities for improvement and work multi-functionally with platform architecture, standardization, firmware/protocol development, system test & carrier engineering teams to drive the enhancement proposals and baseband optimizations. You will be required to develop advanced system evaluation and debugging capabilities. Our members enjoy the flexibility to be involved in all aspects of Protocol software - PHY, RF, SIM, NAS, AS, IP, TCP/UDP and iOS interfaces, to ensure the most robust and customer friendly software. If you are passionate about cellular technologies, want to make an impact and have the desire to work on groundbreaking cellular technologies, then we are looking for you. As part of this team you'll be impacting iPhone user experience in 100+ countries by engaging in continuous process improvements for a well tested and robust software.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related field

Protocol & Systems Knowledge: Deep understanding of 3GPP LTE and 5G NR specifications across the protocol stack (PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, SDAP, RRC, NAS) and end-to-end cellular architecture

Hands-on Implementation or Validation: Hands-on experience implementing, debugging, or validating cellular protocol stacks or physical-layer modules using commercial test equipment or open-source wireless testbeds

Scripting & Automation: Strong proficiency in Python for test automation, data processing, and log parsing

Physical Layer Fundamentals: Solid grasp of digital communication principles, modulation, OFDM, and channel coding schemes

Preferred Qualifications

Applied AI/ML in Wireless: Experience applying machine learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) to wireless communications problems (e.g., intelligent scheduling, link adaptation, neural decoders, or automated log anomaly detection).

Standards & Pre-Standard Research: Familiarity with 3GPP standardization workflows (RAN1, RAN2, RAN4 or RAN5) or research contributions in beyond-5G/6G physical and MAC layer architectures

Lab Instrumentation: Exposure to wireless test equipment (call boxes, network emulators, spectrum analyzers) or RF interface protocols

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
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$294.1 billion
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