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Cellular 4G/5G System Performance Engineer

San Diego, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-01 → 2026-09-28

Core

Design and verify embedded 4G/5G cellular system firmware and performance within silicon design groups for Apple products.

Role type

Senior IC embedded system/firmware verification engineer (cellular)

Builds

State-of-the-art cellular SoCs and integrated wireless system designs

Domain

Consumer electronics / Wireless communications / Embedded systems

Required skills

4G/5G physical layer and protocol stack expertise, embedded system/firmware verification, performance troubleshooting, Python/C/C++ scripting, network emulator automation (Keysight/Anritsu/R&S), system design collaboration

Preferred skills

Ph.D in wireless communication or EE, Layer 2/3/NAS optimization, silicon prototyping and emulation systems, Java programming, network performance optimization

Technologies

Python, C, C++, Java, Keysight, Anritsu, R&S, network emulators, silicon prototyping platforms

Responsibilities

Design performance verification lab use cases and test cases, troubleshoot performance-related issues with cross-functional teams, develop test scripts over lab network emulators, guide test executors in feature validation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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