Apple

Wireless Design Engineer

Apple$120K — $160K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree with 10+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Track record of high-performance low power designs
  • Solid background in computer architecture and bus fabric
  • Experience with ASIC design front-end flows such as Lint, CDC, STA, LEC
  • Knowledge of MAC layers in wireless communication systems
  • Familiarity with wireless protocols like Bluetooth or WLAN

Responsibilities

  • Design RTL for wireless MAC and its interfaces
  • Collaborate with software, wireless system, and verification teams
  • Develop best-in-class wireless MAC IPs
  • Optimize designs for performance, power, and area
  • Ensure designs meet high-volume production standards

Benefits

  • Opportunity to impact products used by millions
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams
  • Focus on innovative and advanced wireless designs
  • Involvement in low power application development
  • Chance to work with cutting-edge technology
Full Job Description
In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a silicon design group, with a critical impact on getting innovative and functional products to hundreds of millions of customers quickly. As a Wireless Design Engineer, you will be responsible for RTL design of wireless MAC and its interface with the rest of the wireless SoC. You will interact with the software team, wireless system team, and design verification team to develop the best-in-class wireless MAC IPs that ensure the most advanced features and performance, with optimal power and area trade-off.

Minimum Qualifications

BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience

Proven track record of high performance designs in high volume production for low power applications

Solid background in computer architecture including one or more of the following: Bus fabric, especially APB/AHB/AXI, Memory systems, System debug architecture, Power management with multiple power domains, Encryption/decryption engines, Integer and floating-point numeric units, High-speed data path and control units.

Experience in ASIC design front end flows - Lint, CDC, STA, LEC

Knowledge and experience in MAC layer of wired/wireless communication system preferred

Knowledge of wireless protocols such as Bluetooth, WLAN, or Zigbee preferred

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years of hands-on experience in ASIC design flow

SoC top-level integration experience and system architecture knowledge is a plus

Proficiency in HDL languages, such as Verilog / SystemVerilog

Scripting languages (Shell, Perl, Python) desirable

Ability to work well in a team and be productive under aggressive schedule

Excellent communication skills and self-motivation/organization

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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154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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