Apple
Test Base Station Designer, Wireless Technologies & Ecosystems
$175K–$308K
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- BS; a Master’s or PhD in wireless communication or electrical engineering is preferred.
About the job
Designs and implements Test Base Station scheduler software and network simulation systems for cellular technologies, including 4G and 5G protocols.
What you'll do
- Specify, design, and implement Test Base Station scheduler software and key scheduling and control processing.
- Develop pre-silicon emulation systems and virtual platforms for Layer 1 control software design and verification.
- Evaluate build, verification, and test tools; define methodologies and standards; guide validation of features.
What they ask for
- BS degree and at least 5 years of relevant industry experience.
- Understanding of cellular protocol stacks, particularly 5G, and cellular standards including 6G, 5G NR, 4G LTE, and PHY downlink/uplink channels and signals.
- Software development and debugging experience in C/C++; experience with multiprocessing and multithreading implementations.
- Fundamentals in object-oriented software design, testing techniques, and methodologies.
Nice to have
- Master’s or PhD in wireless communication or electrical engineering.
- Experience with cellular scheduling procedures and algorithms, scheduler troubleshooting, Python, test equipment, network emulators, or pre-silicon platforms.
Pay
$175,000 and $308,500 (base salary range)
Tools
C/C++, Python, 6G, 5G NR, 4G LTE, Keysight, Anritsu, R&S
AI focus
Ability to modernize legacy systems and adapt to new AI architectures.
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