Wireless RF PHY Firmware Engineer

Join Apple's Wireless Connectivity Silicon team as a Wireless RF PHY Firmware Engineer. Design and implement embedded firmware for SoC bring up and wireless connectivity enablement, collaborating with cross-functional teams. Craft and implement innovative algorithms, calibrations, and protocols. Work on real-time systems with limited visibility, using development boards and lab equipment.

Requirements

• BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• Embedded systems knowledge including: multi thread environment, Interrupt thread processing/latency, Multi core environment, HW/FW semaphores/resource management
• 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
• Fluency in using lab equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and power meters
• Experience implementing diagnostics, manufacturing tests, and protocol compliance software
• Knowledgeable of industry standards for wireless communications such as Bluetooth, WLAN, ZigBee, UWB
• Proficient in at least one of the scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Tcl