Apple
Wireless MAC Design Engineer
$185K–$325K
Sunnyvale, California · Full-time · Posted Mar 5, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience; preferred qualification also specifies 10+ years of ASIC microarchitecture and RTL design experience.
- Education
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Design and support wireless MAC digital logic for communication SoCs, from microarchitecture and RTL through verification, silicon validation, and debug.
What you'll do
- Prepare microarchitecture and synthesizable RTL from functional requirements; ensure area and power efficiency.
- Maintain lint, CDC, and RDC cleanliness and work with synthesis teams on timing closure.
- Support pre-silicon verification, prototyping, emulation, software/firmware development, and post-silicon validation and debug.
What they ask for
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Digital logic design fundamentals and experience translating functional requirements into synthesizable Verilog or SystemVerilog RTL.
- Knowledge of digital design flows, including RTL simulation and debug, synthesis, lint, STA, and LEC.
- Ability to design multi-clock-domain logic and resolve CDC problems.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of experience in ASIC microarchitecture and RTL design.
- Understanding of wireless standards such as IEEE 802.11, 802.15, Bluetooth, or 3GPP; ASIC low-power design techniques are also a plus.
Pay
USD $184,700 to $324,800 base salary
Tools
Verilog, SystemVerilog, RTL, STA, LEC, IEEE 802.11, 802.15, Bluetooth
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