Apple
Embedded 5G/4G Cellular Physical Layer Data Path Signal Processing Firmware Engineer
$123K–$225K
San Diego, California +1 · Full-time · Posted Jun 10, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
Sunnyvale, California - Education
- Bachelor’s degree.
About the job
Develop embedded firmware for cellular physical-layer signal processing on digital/vector processors and specialized cellular hardware, supporting 4G/5G/6G systems.
What you'll do
- Implement cellular channels, procedures, and signal-processing algorithms within power, performance, latency, memory, and energy constraints.
- Design firmware architecture; refine algorithms with systems engineers and validate fixed-point implementations against algorithmic references.
- Support pre-silicon emulation and verification, and develop tools and methodologies for build, formal verification, and testing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Experience implementing DSP algorithms using special-purpose digital/vector processing hardware or wireless physical-layer channels interfacing with special-purpose hardware.
- Strong software engineering and computer science fundamentals; familiarity with C, C++, compilers, build and source-control tools, and Python scripting.
- Experience with silicon prototyping, emulation systems, and virtual platforms; understanding of computer architecture and hardware/software interfaces in high-speed communication subsystems.
Nice to have
- Understanding of 3GPP cellular standards and familiarity with digital/wireless communications.
- Significant experience with memory-constrained RTOS and concurrent programming; familiarity with machine learning and generative AI.
Pay
$122,700 and $214,300 USD base salary; $129,300 and $225,300 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Python, RTOS, 3GPP, PDCCH, PDSCH, PBCH
AI focus
Familiarity with machine learning concepts and generative AI is preferred; no AI development duties are specified.
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