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RFIC Design Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Irvine, CA$142.3k - $214.3kFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

RFIC Design Engineer within Apple’s Wireless Radio team, responsible for delivering RFIC designs for wireless SoCs and driving them to mass production. Collaborates across RF/Analog architecture and design, Systems/PHY/MAC, VLSI/RTL, test and FW/SW to innovate wireless connectivity solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Hands-on design contributions from concept to transistor-level feasibility studies, including power, area, and performance trade-off analysis; simulations and extractions
  • Design and deliver radio transceiver building blocks and chains, including TX, RX, and PLL-LOGen for wireless connectivity products
  • Collaborate with RF Systems on block-level and high-level specifications of TX/RX line-ups and PLL-LOGen and distribute spec margins in the chain
  • Design of RF and Analog loopbacks for calibration and compensation
  • Work through Co-Existence scenarios and meet CoEx requirements
  • Collaborate with RFIC test engineers for setup, debugging, and optimization of the wireless connectivity chip during productization
  • Provide design versus silicon measurements correlation and compliance with specifications for volume production

Qualifications

  • BS or equivalent degree with 3+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Understanding of analog design concepts such as noise analysis, linearity, mismatch, stability, and other analog impairments
  • Proficiency in Cadence Virtuoso, Spectre RF, Matlab, EM simulation (EMX, HFSS)
  • RF/analog and mixed-signal design experience in ground-breaking RF CMOS design
  • Deep understanding of analog, mixed-signal, and RF circuit design including LNAs, PAs, PLL/VCO/DCO/LOGEN blocks, mixers, baseband filters and amplifiers, data converters, and calibration methods
  • Experience with silicon characterization and debugging

Skills

Required:RFIC designCircuit simulation and verificationSilicon characterization and debugging

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Education reimbursement for career advancement
  • Possible discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation eligibility
  • Employee stock programs including RSU eligibility and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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