Wireless Silicon Validation Engineer
Core
Develop functional test coverage and stress test Apple's next-generation Wireless System-on-Chips (SoCs) from pre-silicon environments to silicon bringup.
Role type
Senior IC wireless silicon validation engineer
Builds
Pre-silicon test frameworks, test racks, and large-scale testing environments for Wireless SoCs
Domain
Consumer electronics, wireless connectivity, semiconductor validation
Required skills
C/C++ programming, embedded software development, hardware/software interaction, SoC architecture knowledge, bare-metal firmware development, test framework architecture
Preferred skills
Assembly language programming, bench debug equipment usage (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs), digital logic fundamentals, RTL/test-bench development, WiFi/BT protocol knowledge
Technologies
Wireless SoCs, Digital Interfaces, Power Management Subsystems, bare-metal firmware, pre-Si platforms
Responsibilities
Write, debug, and integrate new tests for integrated Wireless chipsets and complex Digital Interfaces; push functional blocks to their limits and debug issues; architect and scale test frameworks into test racks; debug silicon issues exposed during testing with hardware design engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
