Lead Cellular RF Receiver Architect (5G/6G)

Lex; Linz; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple’s RF Systems Engineering team is seeking a motivated RF engineer to develop and optimize Cellular RF Receiver architectures for today’s 5G and future 6G work. You will architect and deliver wireless solutions across hardware and software interfaces.

You will lead analysis and optimization from antenna to baseband, collaborate with RF circuit design, platform, and software teams, and contribute to product-ready receiver enhancements through design, validation, and mass production readiness.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in Radio Receiver design and optimization.
• Ability to influence innovations across an organization.
• System engineering experience with complex Cellular RF systems.
• Understanding of RF line-up analysis for modern receivers.
• Knowledge of RF performance metrics and their impact on system performance.
• Understanding of 3GPP RF requirements and physical layer procedures.
• Proficiency in MATLAB or Python for RF modeling and simulations.
• Proficiency in AI for coding and data analysis.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experience with lab bring-up and debugging RF hardware.
• Fluent English language skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Architect, analyze, and optimize receiver line-ups from the antenna to the digital baseband interface.
• Perform detailed RF line-up analysis, identify RF performance impairment dependencies and crosstalk risks, and develop mitigation techniques.
• Lead a receiver line-up team, educate junior engineers, and enhance methodology standards.
• Define requirements for interference suppression performance, drive validation objectives, and implement interference mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with other teams to drive the concept-to-product journey, ensuring successful integration, validation, and optimization of receiver enhancements from the architectural phase through to mass production.

Skills

RF receiver design

System engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

English (Fluent)

3GPP RF requirements

Education

MSc/PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

AI for coding

Job description

Apple’s RF Systems Engineering team is seeking a motivated RF engineer to develop and optimize Cellular RF Receiver architectures for today’s 5G and future 6G work. You will architect and deliver wireless solutions across hardware and software interfaces.

You will lead analysis and optimization from antenna to baseband, collaborate with RF circuit design, platform, and software teams, and contribute to product-ready receiver enhancements through design, validation, and mass production readiness.