Cellular Software Performance Engineer, Wireless Technologies & Ecosystems

Are you a fearless thinker? Do you love the challenge of advancing a widely accepted technology? In the Wireless Technologies and Ecosystems group, you will be responsible for bringing groundbreaking cellular and satellite connectivity to the world. You will design, develop, and patent the next generation of our state-of-the-art wireless technologies. You will collaborate across departments to help craft solutions that elevate the customer experience with Apple products and services. Our goal is to ensure that nothing hinders our customers' connections with their devices. If you join us, you will help build world-renowned wireless systems so seamless that they almost feel like magic.

The Wireless Software Performance team is striving for innovative ways to utilize cellular technologies to enable new services and products that surprise and delight our customers. Our team is seeking an experienced engineer who can lead and drive characterization of wireless software performance in labs and beyond. Develop expertise in cellular systems, RF frontends, hardware, and software by benchmarking power and performance for Apple products. Act as a liaison between technology and product engineering teams as a gatekeeper of end-user-facing quality. This is an excellent opportunity to interact cross-functionally with multiple engineering groups while bringing in fresh ideas to evangelize wireless communication technologies across Apple's product portfolio and simultaneously working towards design wins in a data-driven manner from prototyping to commercialization.

Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field. \n3+ years of experience working in a laboratory environment, testing and benchmarking data, voice and application performance of cellular systems.\nDeep understanding of cellular 3GPP standards relating to 5G NR and LTE, with demonstrated experience with higher-layer protocols such as TCP/IP.\nStrong ability to debug and analyze issues across all (L1/L2/L3/Application) layers of the protocol stack, as well as RF frontends.\nExperience with proposing software optimizations and improvements based on performance data to enhance overall product quality and user experience.\nExperience working with cellular call boxes and channel emulators in a laboratory setting.\nStrong knowledge of Python scripting is necessary to automate performance test suites in the laboratory and develop tools and scripts to design key performance indicators (KPIs) required to benchmark product performance.

Excellent problem-solving skills with a track record of delivering results in fast-paced environments.\nThrive in a collaborative environment, communicate clearly while confidently driving multiple projects across various teams.\nAdapt to new technologies, think outside the box, and propose technology and product improvements in a data-driven manner.\nObsessively passionate, inquisitive, and seek to solve everyday problems in innovative ways.