Apple
RF Systems Architect - Control Algorithms
$166K–$292K
Waltham, Massachusetts · Full-time · Posted Apr 15, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience required. Preferred: 3+ years in RF systems or transceiver architectures; 5+ years in RF systems engineering or 10+ years in communications circuit design.
- Education
- BS required; MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field preferred.
About the job
Designs control algorithms and system architectures that coordinate RF transceivers and front-end hardware for advanced cellular use cases, balancing performance, power, and thermal constraints.
What you'll do
- Analyze cellular use cases and specify RF hardware control algorithms and control flows.
- Develop optimization strategies and author system architecture specifications for design, implementation, and validation.
- Validate architectures through simulation and requirements analysis, collaborating across baseband, SoC, RF firmware, and RF hardware teams.
What they ask for
- BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Deep understanding of 5G NR and LTE-Advanced physical layer procedures, especially MIMO, SRS, and carrier aggregation.
- Knowledge of RF Front-End architectures and experience developing control algorithms, state machines, or system-level models for complex hardware.
- Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, or C/C++ for analysis, modeling, and algorithm development.
Nice to have
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
- Experience with RF systems/transceiver architectures, RF components and integration, signal processing, or applying Machine Learning or AI to system-level optimization.
Pay
$165,800 and $292,400 USD base salary
Tools
5G NR, LTE-Advanced, MIMO, SRS, Python, MATLAB, C/C++, Machine Learning
AI focus
Applying Machine Learning or AI techniques to solve system-level optimization problems is preferred.
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