Cellular ASIC Design Engineer – Protocols

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$120,300–$210,100 / yr
Posted
52 days ago

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TL;DR · Cellular ASIC Design Engineer – Protocols

As a Cellular ASIC Design Engineer at our cutting-edge hardware team, you will play a pivotal role in architecting and implementing protocol processing hardware for advanced wireless SoCs. Your responsibilities include micro-architecture design and RTL implementation, optimizing pipelining architectures to enhance performance metrics, and driving latency optimization alongside QoS support. You will also define the partitioning of HW/FW/SW components for efficient protocol processing and develop architectural prototypes to validate early-stage decisions. Additionally, you will be involved in bringing up hardware in the lab and debugging issues collaboratively with software, firmware, and verification teams. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with SystemVerilog and Verilog, proficiency in AMBA bus protocols like AXI or AHB, and a solid understanding of low-power design techniques and cellular MAC protocols.

What you'll do

  • Design micro-architecture and implement RTL for cellular protocol hardware.
  • Analyze and optimize pipelining architectures to enhance performance metrics.
  • Drive latency optimization and quality of service (QoS) support.
  • Define partitioning strategies between HW/FW/SW for protocol processing.
  • Develop architectural prototypes to validate design decisions early in the process.
  • Bring up and debug hardware in laboratory settings.

What we're looking for

  • Hands-on experience in SystemVerilog and Verilog.
  • Experience with synthesis and timing analysis tools.
  • Proficiency with AMBA bus protocols (AXI, AHB) or similar on-chip NoCs.
  • Understanding of cellular MAC, WiFi MAC, or other data-link layer (L2) protocols.
  • Background in network infrastructure architecture including routers, access points, switches.
  • Experience in designing and optimizing scheduling and QoS mechanisms.

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