BT PHY System Engineer

Summary

Imagine what you could do here.nAt Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Every single day, people do amazing things at Apple. nDo you want to impact billions of users by developing an extraordinary product with a prime focus on accuracy, understandability and performance of the product? nBring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.nPHY system engineers are responsible for pre/post-silicon system design activities to achieve full operation and optimization of all PHY aspects of a highly integrated complex wireless communication device.

Description

In this role, you will be part of the team responsible for the PHY system design integration of a WiFi/BT/UWB IC solution. This includes, among other things: nDigital correction methods of RF impairments like Digital pre-distortion, IQ MM correction, Power Control, AGC, Modem control.nOptimizing PHY performance for a given system constraints. nParticipate in modem design and implementation, from the architecture stage and floating point implementation all the way to RTL/FPGA validation in fixed point - Debug complex multi-disciplinary issues spanning from RF, PHY, MAC, HW and SW.nConnect with X-functional teams (RFIC, Algo, SW/FW etc.).nPerform hands-on PHY/RF lab work.

Minimum Qualifications

BSc/MSc in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering or relevant fieldsn3+ years of experience in communication/signal processingnDeep understanding of RX and TX MODEM and RF chainsnDeep understanding of Wireless communication systemsnSystem level understanding - ability to comprehend and contribute to multi-disciplinary process employing HW, signal processing and SW

Preferred Qualifications

Analytical skills - ability to triage a problem root cause in a complex systemnFamiliarity and ability for SW/FW codingnFamiliarity with lab test equipmentnUnderstanding of MAC systems - an advantage