Wi-Fi System Design and Integration Engineer

Do you have a passion for invention and self-challenge Do you thrive with pushing the limits of whats considered feasible As part of the Wi-Fi Connectivity team youll craft sophisticated groundbreaking projects that deliver more performance in our products than ever before. Youll work across fields to transform improved hardware elements into a single coordinated design. Join us and youll help us innovate new technologies that continually outperform the previous iterations! By collaborating with other product development groups across Apple youll push the industry boundaries of what wireless systems can do and improve the product experience for our customers are seeking someone with Wi-Fi System Design and Integration expertise to work on solutions for integrating protocols and architectures to maximize performances and resource efficiency. This role focuses on analyzing protocol features coming up with integration and architecting strategies for solutions validating performance improvements using simulations modeling and prototyping. You will evaluate solution performance quantify user benefits analyze implementation costs and work cross-functionally to drive solution development from proof-of-concept through product bring up and optimizations. Your solutions directly enhance the connectivity experience for millions of Apple Wi-Fi technology advances with new protocols (Wi-Fi 8 Wi-Fi 9) and evolving application demands for performances this role requires an engineer who has depth of knowledges and experiences on protocol integrations and optimizations coming up with solutions that achieve performances balancing the implementation costs.

In this role you will be working on the following:nCome up with solutions to control and integrate protocol features and SW HW architectures and the systems that maximize the system performances and the efficiency of the resource Wi-Fi standard features (IEEE 802.11be/Wi-Fi 7 IEEE 802.11bn/Wi-Fi 8 and above) and relevant features to identify integration architecting and implementations strategies for maximized performances and the performance improvements of the solutions via simulation modeling and prototyping and articulate technical capabilities as concrete user-visible outcomes reliable video lower latency longer battery life smoother the cost of the solutions silicon area power HW/SW complexity engineering effort and schedule with architecture and design teams to vet integration architecture and implementation viability characterize system constraints evaluate scalability across product lines and surface risks and dependencies alignment across architecture RF/analog digital design firmware software engineering and validation organizations to converge on agreed implementation proof-of-concept work from first prototype through product bring up and optimizations coordinating resources unblocking the teams and reporting outcomes to technical engineering-ready specifications covering acceptance criteria performance targets interfaces dependencies and implementation guidance.

In this role core responsibilities include but are not limited to:nConceive solutions with integration and architecting strategies that maximize Wi-Fi system performance and resource protocol features including standards (IEEE 802.11be/Wi-Fi 7 802.11bn/Wi-Fi 8 and beyond) to identify integrations of high-leverage features and system benefits and costs translating solution capabilities into user impact (video latency battery roaming) and weighing them against silicon area power complexity and cross-functional collaboration and POC development with architecture RF digital firmware software engineering and validation teams from prototype through product bring up and technical specifications with clear acceptance criteria performance targets dependencies and interfaces to guide engineering execution.

BS and a minimum of 20 years relevant industry experiencen7 years hands-on Wi-Fi/IEEE 802.11 system design and architecture experience with 5 years in technical leadership understanding of 802.11 standards with emphasis on MAC and PHY layer of WiFi system architectures on HW/FW/SW systems and their partitioning and foundation in wireless communication theory signal processing and performance in performance analysis simulation and modeling tools (NS3 or equivalent).nExperience analyzing complex technical trade-offs between performance power complexity cost and multi-radio coexistence challenges (WiFi/BT/UWB/Cellular).nExperience with prototype development and proof-of-concept analytical and presentation skills with ability to synthesize complex technical information and communicate to diverse ability to influence technical direction and drive initiatives through data-driven decision-making persuasion and consensus -functional collaboration and project management skills coordinating across multiple engineering disciplines.

MSEE or PhD degrees with 10 years of relevant experience in the Wi-FI industry. nHands-on experience with Wi-Fi 7 features (Multi-Link Operation 320MHz channels 4K-QAM).nStrong knowledge of Wi-Fi 8/IEEE 802.11bn with competitive analysis and technology with silicon development processes and of power management strategies for mobile with user research or product management of other wireless standards (5G/LTE Bluetooth UWB) and interactions with with lab characterization and field testing.