Senior Base Station Designer, 5G/6G Wireless & Emulation

Apple Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 309,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Test Base Station Designer to lead the design, implementation, and verification of Scheduler software for a next‑generation wireless base station.

You will work with multi‑functional teams to translate 3GPP protocol knowledge into robust simulation and verification tooling. The role demands deep knowledge of 4G/5G signaling, C/C++ software, and performance‑aware design in a fast‑paced environment.

Qualifications

• BS degree and a minimum of 5+ years relevant industry experience.
• Strong understanding of cellular protocol stacks, particularly 5G.
• Knowledge of cellular standards: 6G, 5G NR, 4G LTE, PHY Downlink/Uplink channels and signals.
• Software development experience and debugging skills in C/C++.
• Experience with multi-processing and multi-threading based implementations.
• Good fundamentals in object-oriented SW design and test techniques and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Specify, design, and implement Scheduler software of Test Base Station.
• Implement key scheduling, control processing in tight timeline, latency, and energy constraints.
• Development of pre-silicon emulation systems/virtual platforms to use in pre-silicon Layer1 Control SW design and verification.
• Evaluate and implement leading edge tools for build, verification, and test.
• Define methodologies and standards.
• Guide test executors in performing validation of new and existing features.

Skills

C/C++

Multi-processing

OO design

Debugging

Networking protocols

Education

BS degree

Tools

Keysight

Anritsu

R&S

Job description

Apple Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Test Base Station Designer to lead the design, implementation, and verification of Scheduler software for a next‑generation wireless base station.

You will work with multi‑functional teams to translate 3GPP protocol knowledge into robust simulation and verification tooling. The role demands deep knowledge of 4G/5G signaling, C/C++ software, and performance‑aware design in a fast‑paced environment.