Wireless RF PHY FW Engineer

Apple Inc

San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA Posted 14 days ago

$126,800 - $220,900/year

Role Details

As an Embedded FW Engineer, the individual will be a core member of a Wireless SoC firmware team, with emphasis on radio and PHY bring up, RF calibrations, signal processing algorithm implementation and performance tuning. Work closely with product SW and manufacturing teams to provide system-level API and firmware functionality to meet productization needs. Develop SoC test and calibration capabilities for wafer, module, and system factories. Collaborate with RF/Radio design, DVT, PHY and System engineering teams to architect, define and implement innovative algorithms, calibrations and protocols. Debug realtime systems with limited visibility, working hands-on with development boards and lab equipment. Support pre-silicon validation efforts, including simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping. Support post-silicon bringup, validation, performance characterization, system integration and debug. Minimum requirement of a bachelors degree. Strong background in embedded FW development using C and assembly languages, familiarity with ARM CPUs and its internals. Good understanding of embedded wireless communication systems, Radio and PHY fundamentals and key RF performance metrics. Familiarity with digital signal processing algorithms. Experience with low-level hardware interfaces, register and interrupt programming, bare-metal software development, clock and power management. Solid understanding of basic embedded concepts such as RTOS, concurrency, multi-processor systems. Fluency in using lab equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power meters. Experience implementing diagnostics, manufacturing tests, and protocol compliance software. Knowledgeable of industry standards for wireless communications such as Bluetooth, WLAN, Zigbee, or UWB. Proficient in at least one of the scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Tcl. Excellent communication skills – both written and oral.

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About Apple Inc

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