Wireless SOC FW Engineer

23 hours ago


San Diego CA United States Apple Full time

Wireless SOC FW Engineer

San Diego,California,United States

Hardware

Would you like to join Apple’s growing Wireless Connectivity Silicon team? Our wireless System on a Chip (SoC) organization is responsible for all aspects of wireless silicon development with a particular emphasis on highly energy efficient design and new technologies that transform the user experience at the product level, all of which is driven by a world-class vertically integrated engineering team spanning RF/Analog architecture and design, Systems/PHY/MAC architecture and design, VLSI/RTL design and integration, Emulation, Design Verification, Test and Validation, and FW/SW engineering. In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a silicon design group with a critical impact on getting functional wireless products to hundreds of millions of customers. Responsible for crafting and implementing embedded firmware for SoC bring up and wireless connectivity enablement. You will work closely with the Software Engineering teams ensuring the quality of their firmware for manufacturability.

**Description**

- As an Embedded FW Engineer, the individual will be a core member of a Wireless SoC firmware team, with emphasis on hardware and system bring-up, driver implementation, developing protocol stack and supporting other teams interacting within a Wireless SoC group. - Work closely with product SW teams to provide system-level API and firmware functionality to meet product requirements - Work closely with product test and protocol stack teams to resolve any issues arising as part of the product and interoperability testing - Implement new product features as part of the development of wireless protocol stacks, device drivers, and diagnostics - Debug realtime 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. - Support post-silicon bringup, validation, performance characterization, system integration and debug. - Develop SoC test and calibration capabilities for chip, module, and product factories.

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience

**Key Qualifications**

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Strong background in embedded FW development using C and assembly languages, familiarity with ARM CPUs and its internals.

+ Experience with low-level hardware interfaces, register and interrupt programming, bare-metal software development.

+ Solid understanding of basic embedded concepts such as RTOS, concurrency, multi-processor systems.

+ Experience in developing low-level drivers for peripherals, performing HW bring-up.

+ Knowledgeable of wireless communication protocols, understanding of MAC/PHY/Radio layers is desirable

+ Knowledgeable of industry standards for wireless communications such as Bluetooth, WLAN, Zigbee, UWB is a plus.

+ Comfortable with at least one of the scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Tcl

+ Excellent communication skills – both written and oral.

**Education & Experience**

**Additional Requirements**

**Pay & Benefits**

+ At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $135,400 and $250,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more ( ) about Apple Benefits.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

+ Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant. ( \_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf)

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