Wireless MAC Design Engineer

Sunnyvale, California


Employer: Apple
Industry: Hardware
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time

Summary
Come join Apple's growing wireless silicon development team. Our wireless SOC organization is responsible for all aspects of wireless silicon development. With a particular emphasis on highly energy-efficient design and new technologies that transform the user experience at the product level, all of which is driven by a world-class vertically integrated engineering team spanning RF/Analog architecture, and design, Systems/PHY/MAC architecture and design, VLSI/RTL design and integration, Emulation, Design Verification, Test and Validation, and FW/SW engineering.

If you enjoy a fast-paced and challenging environment and collaborating with people across different functional areas as well as thriving during crisis times, we encourage you to apply.

Key Qualifications
Very strong digital logic design fundamentals
Expertise in translating functional requirements into synthesizable Verilog or SystemVerilog RTL
Knowledge of digital design flows such as RTL simulation and debug, synthesis, lint, STA and LEC
Ability to design multi-clock-domain logic and resolve CDC problems
4+ years of experience in ASIC microarchitecture and RTL design
Understanding of wireless standards, such as IEEE 802.11, 802.15, Bluetooth or 3GPP is a plus
Understanding of ASIC low power design techniques, e.g. multiple supply domains configuration and management, dynamic power/clock scaling and power analysis is a plus
Familiarity with power estimation (vector-less and vector-based), modeling, profiling, and post silicon power correlation
Understanding of ASIC test methodologies, including DFT, scan insertion, memory BIST, and others is a plus
Excellent organizational skills
Excellent communications skills - both written and oral.
BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.

Description
- Prepare microarchitecture and RTL for digital logic of the wireless MAC based on a set of functional requirements
- Participate in HW/SW partitioning discussions with the SW and FW engineering teams
- Work with physical design, DFT, Power and CAD teams to complete and deliver completed MAC IP for SoC integration.
- Support verification / prototyping / emulation teams during pre-silicon verification, prototyping, and SW / FW development.
- Support post-silicon validation, system integration and debug efforts and attend to any required silicon design revisions.

Education & Experience
BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.


Created: 2024-04-25
Reference: 200450075
Country: United States
State: California
City: Sunnyvale
ZIP: 95002

About Apple

Founded in: 1976
Number of Employees: 154000


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