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WiFi FW Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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HerzliyaFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Firmware engineer in the Wireless Connectivity Silicon Team responsible for design, development, and bringup of wireless silicon for Apple products, with emphasis on PHY firmware, calibrations, and real-time processing to meet performance and latency requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Develop methods/algorithms to alleviate hardware-induced impairments by calibration, cancellation and other applicable techniques
  • PHY firmware architecture and design, including calibrations, real-time processing flows, collaboration with RF hardware, microcode, and MAC layer
  • Develop highly efficient designs delivering outstanding performance, optimizing power and memory footprints while meeting hard-realtime latency requirements
  • Debug real-time systems with limited visibility, working hands-on with development boards and lab equipment
  • Collaborate with Radio, MAC, and Systems engineering teams to architect, define and implement innovative algorithms, calibrations, and protocols
  • Support pre-silicon validation efforts, including simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping
  • Develop SoC test and calibration capabilities for chip, module, and product factories
  • Support post-silicon bringup, validation, performance characterization, system integration and debugging
  • Repeatedly measure and optimize results using various test harnesses
  • Automate calibration and verification processes

Qualifications

  • B.Sc. with 3 plus years of industry experience
  • Hands-on experience and working knowledge of wireless systems and protocols such as LTE/NR/WiFi/Bluetooth
  • Excellent problem-solving skills to address technical issues during design, development and maintenance phases
  • Strong embedded SW fundamentals, including knowledge of design and development-flows, real-time constraints, concurrency, multi-processor systems, caching and virtual memory
  • Deep understanding of data structures, object-oriented design, and system architecture in an embedded environment
  • Strong software engineering skills including design, development (using C, C++), scripting (Python), and debugging
  • Familiarity with low-level hardware interfaces, register and interrupt programming, bare-metal software development, clock and power management
  • Experience with configuration (GIT, Perforce) and release management, continuous integration, unit and regression testing
  • Strong understanding of design strategies for maintainability, scalability, and code reuse
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
  • Highly organized, motivated and passionate about driving results

Skills

Required:Firmware engineeringC/C++PythonEmbedded systems

Benefits

  • Accessibility-focused culture and benefits
  • Career development opportunities
  • Collaborative, innovative work environment
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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