Apple
RFIC Design Engineer
$175K–$325K
Irvine, California +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Irvine, California
San Diego, California
Sunnyvale, California - Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience; preferred qualifications also state 10+ years of RF/analog and mixed-signal design experience.
- Education
- BS; MSEE and PhD preferred.
About the job
Designs and brings wireless RFIC transceiver solutions for Apple wireless connectivity products from circuit development through tape-out, silicon validation, and volume production.
What you'll do
- Design TX, RX, PLL-LOGen transceiver blocks and chains, plus RF and analog loopbacks for calibration and compensation.
- Work with cross-functional teams to define radio features, specifications, and KPI targets, including coexistence requirements.
- Lead floorplanning, layout verification, tape-out readiness, silicon correlation, and specification compliance for production.
What they ask for
- BS degree and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Deep knowledge of analog, mixed-signal, and RF circuit design, including noise, linearity, mismatch, stability, and high-performance wireless building blocks.
- Experience with Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre RF, Matlab, and EM simulation tools such as EMX or HFSS.
- Direct experience designing and mass-producing wireless transceivers in deep sub-micron RFCMOS technology.
Nice to have
- MSEE and PhD plus relevant industry experience.
- Experience with RF/analog and mixed-signal RF CMOS design, transceiver architectures, wireless SoC integration, silicon characterization, and production test/QA.
Pay
$175,000 and $308,500 (base salary); $184,700 and $324,800 (base salary)
Tools
Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre RF, Matlab, EMX, HFSS, RFCMOS
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