Senior RFIC Design Engineer
Company: Apple
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: April 25, 2024
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Job Description:
Summary
Posted: Mar 1, 2024
Role Number:200513232
Would you like to join Apple's growing wireless silicon development
team? The wireless RFIC team architects, designs, and validates
radio transceivers integrated into complex wireless SoCs. Our
wireless organization is responsible for all aspects of wireless
silicon development that transform the user experience at the
product level, all of which is driven by a best-in-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. As Sr. RFIC Design Engineer
within the Wireless Radio team, you will be at the center of a
wireless SoC design group with a critical impact on getting Apple's
state-of-the-art wireless connectivity solutions into hundreds of
millions of products.
Key Qualifications
Description
As a Senior RFIC Design lead, you are going to be responsible for
providing RFIC solutions for wireless SoC and driving them to mass
production for Apple's Wireless Connectivity products.
Responsibilities include: - Lead design of radio transceiver chains
including TX, RX, and PLL-LOGen for wireless connectivity products.
- Drive radio KPI (power, area, performance) to meet product
requirements. - Work with cross-functional teams including platform
architecture, wireless design, RF HW and SW to define radio
features enabling wireless innovation. - Work closely with RF
Systems in block level and high level specifications of the TX and
RX line ups and PLL-LOGen, and proper distribution of spec margins
in the chain. - Hands-on design contributions starting from
concept, architecture, and topology to transistor-level feasibility
studies and KPI trade-off analysis to actual design, simulations,
and extractions. - Design of RF and Analog loopbacks for
calibration and compensation. - Work through Co-Existence scenarios
and design to meet the CoEx requirements. - Oversee the floorplan
layout and verification of the design to ensure a successful
tape-out. - Close collaboration with RFIC test engineers in the
bring up, debug and optimization of the wireless connectivity chip
through the productization. - Provide design versus silicon
measurements correlation, and compliance with specification for a
volume production. - Work with the foundry team to understand the
capabilities and limitations of the new technology nodes to achieve
the optimum radio performance. - Provide guidance on analog and RF
issues across Apple.
Education & Experience
BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience. MSEE and PhD is
preferred.
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
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.
Keywords: Apple, Sunnyvale , Senior RFIC Design Engineer, Engineering , Sunnyvale, California
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