Apple

Wireless Systems Integration Engineer, RF/PHY

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

Qualifications

  • BS in Electrical Engineering or related field; MS or PhD preferred
  • 10+ years of relevant industry experience, or 3+ years with advanced degrees
  • Hands-on experience with wireless system design and integration
  • Strong background in signal processing and communication theory
  • Familiarity with analog/RF impairments and calibration techniques
  • Proficiency in Python, Matlab, Shell scripting, or C/C++
  • Experience with lab equipment including spectrum analyzers and signal generators

Responsibilities

  • Integrate and tune RF systems for wireless SoCs from pre-silicon to product launch
  • Collaborate across multiple teams including PHY algorithms, RF design, and firmware
  • Address system performance metrics to ensure best-in-class wireless functionality
  • Debug and test wireless PHY and RF systems on SoC platforms
  • Assess and mitigate analog/RF impairments during system build
  • Design and develop automation infrastructure for testing with traceability and repeatability
  • Utilize existing wireless communication protocols in system setups

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment across technology disciplines
  • Opportunity to work on next-generation wireless technology
  • Exposure to full product lifecycle from design to launch
  • Access to state-of-the-art lab facilities and tools
  • Contribution to high-impact projects in a leading tech company
Full Job Description
Description

In this role, you will play a key part in the integration, bring-up, and tuning of physical layer/RF systems for next-generation wireless SoCs - from pre-silicon stage to product launch in Apple devices. You get to collaborate across disciplines-including PHY algorithms, RF design, digital, MAC, and firmware teams - to ensure seamless integration and best-in-class wireless performance.

Minimum Qualifications

BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience

Hands on experience in Experience in wireless system design, integration, or bring-up.

Strong fundamentals in signal processing, communication theory, OFDM systems, radio architectures, and analog/RF impairments, with understanding of their impact on key system performance metrics.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred MSEE or PHD with 3+ years relevant industry experience

Experience, knowledge and skills on wireless system design, integration, bring up and debug of wireless PHY and RF systems on SoC platforms.

Strong understanding of OFDM and MIMO-based wireless systems across both baseband and RF domains, with a solid foundation in related communication theory and signal processing.

Strong understanding of wireless transceiver architectures, RF front-ends and related system-level tradeoffs.

Knowledge of analog/RF impairments (e.g., DCOC, IQ imbalance, IP2, LOFT, DPD) and their calibration flows.

Proficiency in performance metrics such as EVM, sensitivity and impairment mitigation strategies.

Experience working across multi-radio coexistence environments.

Proficiency using and understanding of the theory of operation of lab equipment such as spectrum analyzer, signal generator, power meter.

Experience with at least one of the following - Matlab, Python, Shell scripting and/or C/C++.

Experience with automation infrastructure development including traceability, repeatability and related tools (GIT, CI, database, reporting tools).

Knowledge of existing wireless communication protocols: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, LTE/WCDMA/GSM, or 802.11ad/ay.

Advanced degrees - MS or PhD in Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineering or other technical disciplines

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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