Cellular 5G/4G Layer1 Control Firmware Engineer
Herzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Hardware
At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming products, services and customer experiences very quickly. Every single day, people do amazing things at Apple. Imagine what you could do here! Do you want to impact billions of users by developing an extraordinary product with a prime focus on accuracy, understandability and performance of the product? Will you help us design future generations of revolutionary Apple products?
As a Cellular Layer 1 Firmware Engineer on this team, you will be at the center of the 5G/4G/multimode cellular firmware effort within a silicon design and firmware development group responsible for designing and productizing state-of-the-art cellular SoCs. This position requires someone comfortable will all aspects of embedded software development, that thrives in a dynamic cross-functional organization, is not afraid to debate ideas openly, and is flexible enough to adjust on constantly evolving requirements. You will become part of a hands-on development team that fosters engineering perfection, creativity and innovation. Dynamic, encouraging people and innovative technologies are the norm here. If you are a resourceful engineer with the desire to research and develop solutions that do not yet exist, we want you to join our team.
Description
- Specify, design, and implement a multi-mode L1 firmware architecture of an innovative mobile wireless communications system
- Implement key L1 PHY control procedures, scheduling, against low latency, on/off chip memory and energy constraints
- Work with other Software designers to define interfaces to protocol stack, MAC/RRC and required processor subsystems
- Assist in the development of pre-silicon emulation systems/virtual platforms and use them for pre-silicon FW design and HW verification
Minimum Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience
- Highly proficient with C programming
- Experience in 4G/5G 3GPP protocols and physical layer control aspects
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience
- Highly proficient with C programming
- Experience in 4G/5G 3GPP protocols and physical layer control aspects
- Experience with embedded real-time programming for low latency and memory constrained applications
- System level understanding - ability to comprehend and contribute to a multi-disciplinary process employing HW, signal processing and SW
- Independent and a quick learner with an aim to learn new technologies and deliver in a fast-paced environment
- Python experience - an advantage