Experienced 5G/4G Cellular Physical Layer Embedded Firmware Engineer (m/f/d)
Munich, Bavaria-Bayern, Germany
Hardware
Do you have a passion for invention and self-challenge? Do you thrive with pushing the limits of what’s considered feasible? As part of a best-in-class modem team, you’ll craft sophisticated groundbreaking embedded firmware that delivers more performance in our products than ever before. You’ll work across subject areas to transform improved hardware elements into a single, integrated design. Join us, and you’ll help us innovate new wireless systems technologies that continually outperform the previous iterations.
You will collaborate with other product development groups across Apple, you’ll push the industry boundaries of what wireless systems can do and improve the product experience for our customers across the world. Do you want to have an impact on every single Apple product? As a Wireless Embedded Physical Layer Firmware Engineer on this team, you will be at the center of the embedded 5G/4G/multimode cellular firmware effort within a silicon design group responsible for crafting and productizing state-of-the-art cellular SoCs.
This position requires someone comfortable will all aspects of embedded software development, thrives in a complex multi-functional organization, is not afraid to debate ideas openly, and is flexible enough to pivot on constantly evolving requirements.
Key Qualifications
- Very good proficiency in C and C++, compilers, build, and source code control tools.
- Existing experience with hardware control for physical layer 4G/5G data path processing.
- Understanding of 5G and 4G 3GPP protocols
- Good understanding of software engineering principles, and core computer science fundamentals.
- Good experience with memory-constrained Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and concurrent programming.
- Knowledge of computer architecture with particular emphasis on the HW/SW interfaces of high-speed communication subsystems.
- Experience with silicon prototyping, emulation systems, and virtual platforms.
- Proficiency in debugging embedded software systems. Familiarity with UARTs, JTAG, and oscilloscopes.
- Some mainstream OS application level development and Python or Perl scripting experience.
- English language proficiency is required
Description
Specify, design, and implement the firmware architecture of a state-of-the-art mobile wireless communications system.
Implement key protocol, signal processing, and numerical algorithms with very tight time, latency, and energy budgets by interfacing with specialized cellular ASIC hardware.
Work with silicon designers to define a processor, bus, DMA, accelerator, and memory subsystems.
Assist in the development of pre-silicon emulation systems/virtual platforms and use them for pre-silicon FW design and HW verification.
Evaluate and implement leading-edge tools for build, formal verification, and testing.
Define methodologies and best practices.
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Electrical or Communication Engineering, Embedded Systems or Computer Science is required.
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