As an engineering manager in the Wireless Connectivity Silicon team, we are responsible for hands-on technical development! As well as managing a team of engineers to enable innovative wireless silicon for application in Apple's products!
Key Qualifications
At least 10 years of proven experience in wireless SoC firmware engineering
Experience in engineering management, including prior leadership of wireless firmware team(s) with a strong high-volume production track record
Extensive technical background in one or more of the following:
Strong embedded SW fundamentals, including a deep understanding of design and development flows, real-time constraints, concurrency, and multi-processor systems, caching and virtual memory
Familiarity with low-level hardware interfaces, register and interrupt programming, bare-metal software development, clock and power management
Experience with configuration and release management, continuous integration, and regression testing
Knowledge of design strategies for maintainability, scalability, and code reuse
Understanding of wireless systems, MAC and PHY layer operations, digital signal processing, Tx/Rx performance metrics, regulatory constraints, and coexistence issues
Experience with WiFi, Bluetooth, or similar wireless technologies
HW/SW architecture and design partitioning, CPU selection, memory estimation, and requirements analysis
Leading large and complex projects, including feature planning, prioritization, status tracking, and issue triage and reporting
Excellent organizational skills, including experience leading teams
Excellent communication skills - both written and oral
Experience with executive communication is a plus
Description
Lead a wireless firmware team, taking ownership for the design and development process, validation, planning, and communication with senior management. Develop highly efficient designs delivering outstanding performance, while minimizing power and memory footprint for custom wireless silicon solutions in complex SoCs and product platforms. Drive effective workflows to enable rapid feature development without sacrificing quality and stability, including release management, continuous integration, and regression testing. Collaborate with multi-functional teams including PHY, MAC, Systems and Digital design to develop efficient hardware architectures and optimal HW/SW partitioning, and drive tightly constrained memory budgets and latency analysis. Work with Radio, PHY and MAC Systems engineering teams to architect, define and implement innovative algorithms, calibrations, and protocols. Support pre-silicon validation efforts, including simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping. Develop SoC test and calibration capabilities for ATE, module, and product factories. Support post-silicon validation, performance characterization, system integration and debug.
Education & Experience
BSEE with a minimum of 10 years of 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 $210,900.00 and $316,900.00, 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.
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