Wireless PHY System Engineer

Sunnyvale,California,United States

Hardware

You will be part of a dynamic group and have the rare and extraordinary opportunity to craft products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple’s customers. In this role, you will be responsible for bringup, integration and tuning of PHY/Radio on internal silicon solutions from pre-silicon, through bringup, and until shipping in your favorite Apple products.

Description

In this individual technical contributor role, you will be responsible for the pre- and post-silicon bringup of key PHY and radio system for state-of-the-art wireless SOC products. Your responsibilities will include: Transmit and receive chain bringup, tuning, and debug; optimizing PHY and calibration algorithms such as TPC, AGC, TSSI, RSSI, interference mitigation and others. You will collaborate closely with other PHY systems and algorithm engineers as well as MAC, Radio, and digital circuit designers. You will develop chip control drivers and reference implementations in the bringup environment and working closely with firmware engineers to integrate these algorithms into the firmware. You will also guide and assist the characterization team in identifying and resolving reported issues.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS and 3+ years of relevant experience.

Key Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience, knowledge and skills on wireless system design, integration, bring up, characterization and debug of wireless communication systems, ideally on an SOC.

• Proficiency in wireless transceivers, RF front-end architectures and performance tradeoffs.

• Proficiency in system-level parametrics, such as EVM and Sensitivity, and impairment mitigation

• Understanding of communication theory and signal processing related algorithms (such as timing recovery, signal estimation and detection, automatic gain control, RF impairment estimation and correction, channel estimation, equalization)

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

• Experience with at least one of Matlab, Python, Shell scripting and/or C/C++ is required.

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

• Knowledge in existing wireless communication protocols: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, LTE/WCDMA/GSM, or 802.11ad/ay.Preferred advanced degrees MS or Ph.D in Electrical Engineer or Computer Engineering

Education & Experience

Additional Requirements

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 $143,100 and $264,200, 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 (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html) 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.

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