Apple is looking for firmware engineers to design, develop, and bring up innovative wireless silicon for their products, addressing new challenges that require sharp problem-solving skills.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience and working knowledge of wireless systems and protocols such as Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/LTE/NR
- Strong embedded SW fundamentals, including knowledge of design and development-flows, real-time constraints, concurrency, multi-processor systems, caching and virtual memory.
- Deep understanding of data structures, object-oriented design, and system architecture in an embedded environment
- Strong software engineering skills including design, development (using C, C++), scripting (Python), and debugging
- Familiarity with low-level hardware interfaces, register and interrupt programming, bare-metal software development, clock and power management.
- Experience with configuration (GIT, Perforce) and release management, continuous integration, unit and regression testing.
- Strong understanding of design strategies for maintainability, scalability, and code reuse.
Responsibilities
- PHY firmware architecture and design, including calibrations, real-time processing flows, collaboration with RF hardware, microcode, and MAC layer.
- Develop highly efficient designs delivering outstanding performance, optimizing power and memory footprints while meeting hard-real-time latency requirements.
- Debug real-time systems with limited visibility, working hands-on with development boards and lab equipment.
- Collaborate with Radio, MAC, and Systems engineering teams to architect, define and implement innovative algorithms, calibrations, and protocols.
- Support pre-silicon validation efforts, including simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping.
- Develop SoC test and calibration capabilities for chip, module, and factory factories.
- Support post-silicon bring up, validation, performance characterization, system integration and debugging.
Other
- BS with 3 plus years of industry experience.
- Excellent problem-solving skills to address technical issues during design, development and maintenance phases
- Knowledge of RF and analog components desirable.
- Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.
- Highly organized, motivated, strong initiative to expand skill and knowledge, and passionate about driving results.
