Connectivity Systems Engineer

Apple

3h

About The Position

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 this 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. In this role, you will help de-risk our silicon well ahead of tape-out by owning the pre-silicon emulation environment that enables the team to exercise and verify new designs early and with confidence. If you enjoy a fast-paced and challenging environment, collaborate with people across different functional areas, and thrive during crisis times, we encourage you to apply.

This role is central to Apple's pre-silicon verification effort for wireless SoCs, centered on the Palladium emulation platform. You will be the first to bring up each newly released emulation build, and you will design and own the framework and infrastructure — register maps, initialization and boot sequences, clock and reset, and system-level configuration — that brings the emulated SoC into an operational state and enables the wider team to run their own design verification. Working at the intersection of digital design, firmware, and validation, you will own and evolve this infrastructure across successive silicon generations, while also contributing to pre-silicon emulation and lab bring-up of Bluetooth and UWB silicon.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 10 years of relevant experience.
• Strong digital design fundamentals.
• Hands-on RTL experience (Verilog/VHDL).
• Solid understanding of SoC architecture, register maps, and system-level hardware/software interaction.
• Working knowledge of wireless systems, including MAC and/or PHY layer concepts.
• Proficiency in Python and/or C/C++ for developing modeling, simulation, and test-bench/verification infrastructure.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree with 10 years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience with pre-silicon verification using emulation platforms (e.g., Palladium), including build bring-up, environment and framework development, debug, and performance characterization.
• Experience developing verification or validation frameworks and infrastructure — including register map and programming-model definition, initialization sequences, clock and reset setup, and system-level configuration.
• Digital design or design verification (DV) experience with wireless SoCs or subsystems, including RTL design or test-bench development and functional coverage.
• Working knowledge of Bluetooth and UWB wireless systems, with hands-on experience in BT and UWB systems design and validation.
• Experience collaborating with firmware and FPGA/emulation engineers to bring up, integrate, and debug the emulation platform, ensuring correct hardware/software interaction and a properly functioning environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the pre-silicon emulation environment.
• Bring up each newly released emulation build.
• Design and own the framework and infrastructure for the emulated SoC (register maps, initialization and boot sequences, clock and reset, system-level configuration).
• Bring the emulated SoC into an operational state.
• Enable the wider team to run their own design verification.
• Own and evolve the infrastructure across successive silicon generations.
• Contribute to pre-silicon emulation and lab bring-up of Bluetooth and UWB silicon.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior