Job description

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. Bachelor's degree with 10 years of relevant experience. Solid foundation in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and wireless communications, with working knowledge of PHY and MAC layer concepts. Hands-on software programming skills for system modeling, simulation, and test, with proficiency in MATLAB and C/C++. Familiarity with analog/RF impairments common in wireless systems (e.g., phase noise, IQ imbalance, nonlinearity). Experience with or knowledge of wireless standards such as Bluetooth, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), or other wireless protocols. Experience collecting, processing, and visualizing large-scale simulation and test datasets, including performance metrics such as measurement accuracy, latency, and throughput. Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams. Master's degree with 10 years of relevant experience. Hands-on experience in wireless chip or modem development, with a strong systems-level understanding of cross-layer dependencies between RF, PHY, MAC, and firmware. Hands-on experience in Bluetooth and UWB systems design and validation. Digital design fundamentals and a solid understanding of SoC architecture and system-level hardware/software interaction. Hands-on RTL experience (Verilog/VHDL) and experience with register map and programming-model definition. Experience with fixed-point design, RTL vector generation, and/or High-Level Synthesis (HLS). Experience with pre-silicon emulation (e.g., Palladium) or FPGA prototyping, including build bring-up, debug, and performance characterization. Experience developing validation frameworks and infrastructure, including initialization sequences, clock and reset setup, and system-level configuration. Experience in lab FPGA/silicon bring-up, PHY/RF/MAC testing, and use of RF lab equipment. Proficiency with Python for test automation and data analysis, and experience with simulation automation, regression frameworks, or CI/CD pipelines. Experience collaborating with firmware and FPGA/emulation engineers to bring up, integrate, and debug hardware platforms, ensuring correct hardware/software interaction.

Requirements

Must-haves

Bachelor's degree with 10 years of relevant experience.
Solid foundation in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and wireless communications, with working knowledge of PHY and MAC layer concepts.
Hands-on software programming skills for system modeling, simulation, and test, with proficiency in MATLAB and C/C++.
Familiarity with analog/RF impairments common in wireless systems (e.g., phase noise, IQ imbalance, nonlinearity).
Experience with or knowledge of wireless standards such as Bluetooth, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), or other wireless protocols.
Experience collecting, processing, and visualizing large-scale simulation and test datasets, including performance metrics such as measurement accuracy, latency, and throughput.
Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
Master's degree with 10 years of relevant experience.
Hands-on experience in wireless chip or modem development, with a strong systems-level understanding of cross-layer dependencies between RF, PHY, MAC, and firmware.
Hands-on experience in Bluetooth and UWB systems design and validation.
Digital design fundamentals and a solid understanding of SoC architecture and system-level hardware/software interaction.
Hands-on RTL experience (Verilog/VHDL) and experience with register map and programming-model definition.
Experience with fixed-point design, RTL vector generation, and/or High-Level Synthesis (HLS).
Experience with pre-silicon emulation (e.g., Palladium) or FPGA prototyping, including build bring-up, debug, and performance characterization.
Experience developing validation frameworks and infrastructure, including initialization sequences, clock and reset setup, and system-level configuration.
Experience in lab FPGA/silicon bring-up, PHY/RF/MAC testing, and use of RF lab equipment.
Proficiency with Python for test automation and data analysis, and experience with simulation automation, regression frameworks, or CI/CD pipelines.
Experience collaborating with firmware and FPGA/emulation engineers to bring up, integrate, and debug hardware platforms, ensuring correct hardware/software interaction.

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Platform: apple
Effort: medium