Wireless Systems Performance Engineer, Wireless Technologies & Ecosystems

Apple • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

Do you love the challenge of advancing a widely accepted technology? In the
Wireless Technologies and Ecosystems team, you’ll be responsible for bringing
groundbreaking wireless connectivity to the world while working on the latest
wireless modem technologies. You’ll design, develop, and patent the next
generation of our state-of-the art connectivity technologies. You’ll collaborate
across departments to help craft wireless solutions that elevate the customer
experience with Apple products and services. The Wireless Systems Performance
team is striving for innovative ways to use wireless communication technologies
and enable new services and products that surprise and delight our customers. We
are seeking an experienced & out of the box thinker, chartered to work on
cellular performance, and play a role in architecture, design and improvement of
new cellular technologies and products.

The candidate will engage with lab characterization as well as field log
analysis. This is an extraordinary opportunity to interact with multiple
engineering-groups, vendors and suppliers. Develop expertise in wireless
communication system/software/hardware/RF requirements and define the
power/performance KPI for the product. Also, will act as a liaison between
technology and product engineering teams as a gatekeeper of end user facing
quality. Opportunity to bring in fresh ideas to evangelize the 4G/5G technology
across Apple's new product introductions, services and ecosystem initiatives,
and work towards design wins in a data driven way from prototyping to
commercialization.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
• Experience in wireless communication protocols and systems.
• Deep understanding of wireless standards: (including but not limited to 3GPP 5G-NR/5GC, LTE, IP, TCP/UDP) and their application from end to end product performance.
• Experience with 4G/5G network emulators and major infra vendor equipment.
• Experienced with scripting and developing performance automation tools and software.

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or Wireless Communications preferred.
• Experience in the design, validation and bringup of wireless communication systems with expertise in cellular systems preferred.
• Strong technical background in 5G-NR/LTE/UMTS (3G/2G) physical layer and protocols.
• Deep understanding of Wireless communications, adaptive signal processing, data layers, TCP-IP protocol and end 2 end data network performance.
• Experience in applying AI/ML techniques on real-world data sets to tackle sophisticated engineering problems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees