Wireless SoC Digital Hardware Engineer

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 129,300 - 225,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical & dental coverage

Employee stock programs

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Digital Hardware Design Engineer in the Wireless Hardware group to advance wireless connectivity in upcoming Apple products.

You’ll design, implement, and verify system-on-chip components and platform architecture, collaborating with silicon, firmware, software and design teams. You will perform silicon bring-up, characterize performance and power, and develop test plans with external vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong SoC/PMU design & micro-architecture knowledge.
• Experience with high-speed memory interfaces (PCIe, DDR, USB, SPI, I2C).
• Familiar with schematics and PCB layouts.
• HW/SW co-debug on multi-processor embedded systems.
• Hands-on debugging with lab equipment; PCIe PHY experience is nice.

Responsibilities

• Drive volume stress testing and system-level validation of wireless chipsets across configurations.
• Debug and root‑cause hardware and silicon failures on multi-core platforms.
• Capture and analyze analog and digital signals with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers to isolate failures.
• Collaborate with firmware, software, and design teams to triage issues and drive fixes.

Skills

SoC/PMU design

Micro-architecture

silicon bring-up

PCIe

I2C

SPI

USB

DDR

Hardware debugging

Python scripting

Multi-processor systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Protocol analyzers

Lab equipment

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Digital Hardware Design Engineer in the Wireless Hardware group to advance wireless connectivity in upcoming Apple products.

You’ll design, implement, and verify system-on-chip components and platform architecture, collaborating with silicon, firmware, software and design teams. You will perform silicon bring-up, characterize performance and power, and develop test plans with external vendors.