Job Details

Embedded Wireless Common Firmware Engineer

Pay Competitive

Employment type: Other

Job Description

Req#: 200451226

Summary

Do you have a passion for invention and self-challenge? Do you thrive on pushing the limits of what's considered feasible? As part of an extraordinary modem team, you'll craft sophisticated & pioneering embedded firmware that delivers more performance in our products than ever before. You'll work across subject areas to transform improved hardware elements into a single, integrated design. Join us, and you'll help us innovate new wireless systems 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 across the world!

Do you want to have an impact on every single Apple product? As a Wireless Firmware Engineer on the physical design team, you will be at the center of the embedded 5G/4G/multimode cellular firmware effort within a silicon design group responsible for designing and productizing state-of-the-art cellular SoCs. This position requires someone comfortable with all aspects of embedded software development, who thrives in a dynamic cross-functional organization, is not afraid to debate ideas openly, and is flexible enough to shift on constantly evolving requirements.

Key Qualifications

• BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience with bare-metal and RTOS based data communications.
• Understanding of communication protocols (Cellular, Low-Power Wireless, TCP/IP).
• Deep understanding of software engineering principles and core computer science fundamentals.
• Fundamental facility with C and C++, compilers, build and source code control tools.
• Significant experience with memory constrained Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and concurrent programming.
• Solid understanding of computer architecture with particular emphasis on the HW/SW interfaces of high-speed communication subsystems.
• Experience with silicon prototyping, emulation systems, and virtual platforms.
• Proficiency debugging embedded software systems. Familiarity with UARTs, JTAG, and oscilloscopes.
• Some mainstream OS application level development and Python or Perl scripting experience.

Description

• Design interfaces and tools which enable the physical layer firmware development.
• Lead others toward feature delivery and support.
• Specify, design, and implement the firmware frameworks, virtual environments, debug tools and test harnesses for an innovative mobile wireless communications system.
• Implement embedded bare-metal drivers and frameworks with very tight time, latency and energy budgets.
• Define and implement Physical Layer interfaces and integrate with higher layers in the protocol stack.
• Work with silicon designers to define processor, bus, DMA, accelerator, and memory subsystems.
• Assist in the development of pre-silicon emulation systems/virtual platforms and use them for pre-silicon FW design and HW verification.
• Evaluate and implement innovative tools for build, formal verification and test. Build on top of existing Continuous Integration and test automation infrastructure. Help define and drive the code/test/documentation auto-generation tooling.
• Define methodologies and standard processes.

Education & Experience

BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.

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 $161,700 and $284,900, 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.

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