Cellular RF Control Architect

As a Cellular RF Control Architect at Apple, you will be part of an outstanding team crafting sophisticated, groundbreaking projects to enhance product performance. You will define micro-architecture for the SoC, mapping system requirements to hardware/firmware architecture, and developing simulation models. This role involves strong collaboration with various teams to design, implement, verify, validate, and productize complex transceiver architectures, pushing the boundaries of wireless systems.

Must Have

• Define micro-architecture for the SoC to meet cellular RF system requirements and achieve the best KPIs
• Understand and map system requirements and algorithms to HW/FW architecture
• Develop simulation models to accurately capture architecture functionality and FW interfaces
• Strong collaboration with SoC, MAC, PHY, RF HW, RF FW, and SW teams
• Lead roles in pre- and post-silicon verification, validation and bring up of silicon, and support productization
• BS with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Good understanding of communication theory and signal processing algorithms
• Good understanding of digital design and architecture principles, including ARM architecture and AMBA protocols (AXI, AHB, APB), and NoC architecture
• Hands on experience with RF transceiver or similar complex SoC development and bring-up
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Ability to develop detailed system architecture and design documentation
• Good experience with Matlab, Python, and C/C++ and efficient analysis and automation scripting

Good to Have

• MSEE or beyond is preferred
• Good understanding of the KPIs (performance, power, latency, etc) of wireless SoCs and efficient HW architectures
• Strong technical background in 5G-NR/LTE/UMTS (3G/2G) physical layer and protocols is a plus
• Experience with silicon prototyping, emulation systems, and virtual platforms a plus
• Hands on experience in bring up of real silicon in lab, ability to efficiently use lab equipment (such as spectrum analyzer, signal generator, power meter, etc)

Perks & Benefits

• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs
• Eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• A range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses related to advancing your career at Apple
• Might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Might be eligible for relocation

Do you have a passion for invention and self-challenge? Do you thrive with pushing the limits of what’s considered feasible? As part of an outstanding team, you’ll craft sophisticated, groundbreaking projects that deliver more performance in our products than ever before. You’ll work across fields to transform improved hardware elements into a single, coordinated design. Join us, and you’ll help us innovate new technologies that continually outperform the previous iterations! By collaborating with other product development groups across Apple, you’ll push the industry boundaries of what wireless systems can do and improve the product experience for our customers worldwide.

In this role, you will have the chance to initiate from architecture, and work with various teams to design, implement, verify, validate, bring-up and productize sophisticated transceiver architectures. As part of an outstanding RF architecture team, you will define HW and FW control architectures for real-time control of transceiver. Join us and help us innovate new wireless systems technologies that continually outperform the expectations!

• As a Cellular RF Control Architect, your will define micro-architecture for the SoC to meet the requirements of the cellular RF systems and achieve the best KPIs.
• You will understand and map system requirements and algorithms to HW/FW architecture to ensure development of pioneering design covering all aspects of the system including functionality, performance, power, latency, area, and debuggability.
• You will develop simulation models to accurately capture architecture functionality, and FW interfaces.
• You will also have opportunity to drive/contribute to efficient methodologies and development flows for all phases of silicon development.
• This position requires strong collaboration with SoC, MAC, PHY, RF HW, RF FW, and SW teams to ensure architecture meets the end-to-end system requirements.
• You will also play lead roles in pre- and post-silicon verification, validation and bring up of silicon, and support productization.

• BS with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• Good understanding of communication theory and signal processing algorithms.
• Good understanding of digital design and architecture principles, including ARM architecture and AMBA protocols (AXI, AHB, APB), and NoC architecture.
• Hands on experience with RF transceiver or similar complex SoC development and bring-up
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to develop detailed system architecture and design documentation.
• Good experience with Matlab, Python, and/ C/C++ and efficient analysis and automation scripting.

• MSEE or beyond is preferred.
• Good understanding of the KPIs (performance, power, latency, etc) of wireless SoCs and efficient HW architectures to achieve the same.
• Strong technical background in 5G-NR/LTE/UMTS (3G/2G) physical layer and protocols is a plus.
• Experience with silicon prototyping, emulation systems, and virtual platforms a plus.
• Hands on experience in bring up of real silicon in lab, ability to efficiently use lab equipment (such as spectrum analyzer, signal generator, power meter, etc).