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Cellular RF Transmitter Systems Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Waltham, MA$165.8k - $292.4kFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Apple seeks a passionate RF Transmitter Systems Engineer to join an industrial-leading team shaping mobile RF architectures. The role involves translating system requirements into TX-lineup specifications, developing RF front-end concepts, and collaborating across hardware, software, and architecture teams to deliver high-performance, quality cellular transmitter solutions for Apple’s wireless products.

Responsibilities

  • Translate cellular system-level and performance requirements into requirements for the TX line-up and features of RF front-end components, transceiver, and system firmware.
  • Understand and specify RF algorithms (e.g. power control, calibration) and define the RF control infrastructure, including compute resources, interfaces, memory and timing constraints.
  • Lead hardware/software partitioning of RF algorithms, ensuring optimal trade-offs between flexibility, latency, area and power.
  • Develop models and run simulations (e.g., MATLAB, Python, C) for functional verification, performance analysis, and measurement correlation.
  • Identify and analyze critical requirements and provide assessments of system performance impact, timelines and risks.
  • Drive the alignment of requirements, design targets and trade-offs with other teams such as hardware design and software engineering.

Qualifications

  • BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in RF, including cellular transmit architectures, or PhD degree with previous work on cellular topics
  • Knowledge of cellular radio/3GPP standards (GSM, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, 5G NR), including RF aspects as well as system use cases and TX waveforms
  • Familiarity with RF systems, front-end (power amplifier, filters, switches, power management), and transceiver architecture, including lineup design and trade-offs (e.g. gain, linearity, noise, power, thermal)
  • Experience with hardware and software co-design and clear understanding of trade-offs between analog and digital hardware and firmware implementations
  • Strong analytical skills, proactive user of AI tools, and ability to collaborate and communicate across multicultural, global teams

Skills

Required:RF transmitter system-level conceptsRF front-end and transceiver architecturesRF algorithms and RF control infrastructureHardware/software co-designModeling and simulations

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Educational expense reimbursement (tuition)
  • Potential discretionary bonuses or commission payments
  • Relocation assistance
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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