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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software
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The Wireless RF PHY Firmware Engineer joins the Wireless Connectivity Silicon team to develop embedded firmware for SoC bring up and wireless connectivity enablement. This role focuses on PHY bring up, RF calibrations, signal processing algorithm implementation, and performance tuning. The engineer will collaborate with product software and manufacturing teams to provide system-level APIs and test capabilities for wafer, module, and system factories. Key responsibilities include implementing algorithms on embedded CPUs, ensuring alignment with Python reference implementations, and debugging real-time systems using lab equipment like oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers. Required skills include C, assembly, and Python, along with expertise in ARM CPUs, RTOS, multi-core environments, and digital signal processing. The role addresses the technical challenge of enabling time-critical, online calibrations and managing hardware interfaces for wireless standards such as Bluetooth, WLAN, ZigBee, and UWB.