Apple
Wireless System Integration and Characterization Engineer
$175K–$325K
Irvine, California +2 · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Location
- Irvine, California
San Diego, California
Sunnyvale, California - Experience
- 3–10 years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- BS; preferred MSEE or PhD.
About the job
Integrates, brings up, characterizes, and optimizes wireless SoC PHY and radio systems from first silicon through production readiness.
What you'll do
- Bring up, integrate, tune, and debug PHY and radio systems on wireless SoCs.
- Characterize and validate PHY/RF performance, analyze bottlenecks, and improve calibration algorithms.
- Automate testing, collaborate across engineering teams, and document results through production readiness.
What they ask for
- BS and 3–10 years of relevant industry experience.
- Strong fundamentals in RF/PHY systems, signal processing, communication theory, and analog impairments, with practical expertise in OFDM-based transceivers.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of wireless protocols such as 802.11, LTE/WCDMA/GSM, or 802.11ad/ay.
- Experience with wireless silicon bring-up, RF test equipment, test automation, and languages such as Python, Matlab, Perl, C/C++, or C#.
Pay
$175,000 and $308,500 USD base salary; $184,700 and $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, LTE/WCDMA/GSM, 802.11ad/ay, Python, Matlab, Perl, C/C++, C#
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