WSoC PHY/MAC Validation and Integration Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $184,700–$324,800 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · WSoC PHY/MAC Validation and Integration Engineer

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As a WSoC PHY/MAC Validation and Integration Engineer, you will join the hardware team to focus on the integration and optimization of physical layer components in wireless communication systems. You will perform chip-level bring-up, troubleshoot integration issues, and implement Digital Signal Processing algorithms for signal modulation, demodulation, filtering, and error correction. Your daily work involves designing and automating directed PHY/MAC testing scripts, conducting power-on testing, and characterizing algorithms on real silicon alongside RTL, PHY, RF, and MAC designers. You will utilize Python programming and lab equipment such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes to validate wireless protocols including Bluetooth, Zigbee, UWB, and WLAN. This role addresses the technical challenge of bringing state-of-the-art physical layer wireless communication system algorithms to production for various connectivity applications while ensuring performance, compliance, and reliability.

Skills

DSP PHY MAC Bluetooth Zigbee UWB WLAN Python FPGA RTL RF Network Analyzer Spectrum Analyzer Oscilloscope EVM ACPR Constrained Random Testing Hardware Debugging

What you'll do

Design, integrate, and validate PHY layer components for wireless communication protocols like Bluetooth, Zigbee, and UWB.
Implement and optimize DSP algorithms for signal modulation, demodulation, filtering, and error correction.
Perform chip-level bring-up including power-on testing and debugging of PHY/RF/MAC functionalities.
Troubleshoot and resolve root-cause integration issues at the chip level.
Develop and automate directed PHY/MAC testing scripts to control RF test equipment and chips.
Validate and characterize algorithms on real silicon in coordination with RTL, PHY, and RF designers.
Bring state-of-the-art wireless communication system algorithms from initial bring-up to production state.
Create test plans and analyze results to identify and debug technical issues.

What we're looking for

Bachelor of Science degree and at least 10 years of relevant industry experience.
Experience in wireless communications with a focus on PHY layer design and integration (preferred).
Understanding of DSP concepts and experience implementing DSP algorithms in real-time systems (preferred).
Experience with chip-level bring-up and hardware debugging tools and techniques (preferred).
Experience with PHY/RF/MAC verification (preferred).
Experience with RF parametric testing such as EVM, ACPR, Rx sensitivity, and blocker testing (preferred).
Experience with lab equipment including network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, and DMMs (preferred).
Proficiency in Python programming (preferred) and knowledge of wireless protocols like Bluetooth, WLAN, or UWB (preferred).