Radio Integration Engineer

About the position

As a Radio Integration Engineer, you will work in a team developing Wireless SoCs with custom hardware accelerators, as well as multiple ARM-based sub-systems. You will integrate industry standard and custom hardware IP into SoCs. You will work closely with SoC architects, IP developers to develop SoCs that meet the power, performance, and area goals for Apple devices. You will help define the processes, methods, and tools for the design and implementation of large complex SoCs. You will develop and maintain methodology and flow checks for your design. Interact with our verification team to ensure appropriate validation and coverage goals are met. You'll ensure security assumptions for the chip are accurately implemented within the blocks. Collaboration with multi-disciplinary groups to make sure designs are delivered on time and with the highest quality by incorporating accurate checks at every stage of the design process. In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of the ASIC Integration effort collaborating with all fields, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. Work with platform architects, system groups, and RFIC designers to develop digital modules within the RFIC. Modules can include, but are not limited to, SPI, calibration engines, high-speed digital front-end blocks for Tx/Rx, digital filters, and digital control. Design digital blocks for digitally intensive RF circuits like ADPLL, digital transmitters, and receivers. Develop signal processing intensive design for wireless communication SoCs, including: Write specifications and Microarchitecture definition. IP integration, RTL logic design, and DV support. Run tools to ensure lint-free and CDC clean design. Synthesis, timing constraints, equivalence check, and DFT insertion. Work with algorithm and software team to ensure performance and power efficiency. Bus fabric, especially APB/AHB/AXI. Chip-to-chip interface, especially SPI, I2C, PCIe, and USB. Power management with multiple power domains.

Responsibilities

• Develop Wireless SoCs with custom hardware accelerators and ARM-based sub-systems.
• Integrate industry standard and custom hardware IP into SoCs.
• Collaborate with SoC architects and IP developers to meet power, performance, and area goals.
• Define processes, methods, and tools for design and implementation of complex SoCs.
• Develop and maintain methodology and flow checks for designs.
• Interact with verification team to ensure validation and coverage goals are met.
• Ensure security assumptions for the chip are accurately implemented.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary groups to deliver designs on time and with high quality.
• Work with platform architects, system groups, and RFIC designers to develop digital modules.
• Design digital blocks for digitally intensive RF circuits.
• Develop signal processing intensive designs for wireless communication SoCs.
• Write specifications and Microarchitecture definitions.
• Perform IP integration, RTL logic design, and DV support.
• Run tools for lint-free and CDC clean design.
• Conduct synthesis, timing constraints, equivalence check, and DFT insertion.
• Collaborate with algorithm and software teams for performance and power efficiency.
• Manage bus fabric and chip-to-chip interfaces.

Requirements

• BS degree and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Detailed knowledge of the ASIC design flow, synthesis, static timing analysis, scripting, and netlist generation.
• Relevant design experience in SoC and/or radio/transceiver, PLL Controller.
• Experience with Digital Mixed Signal design.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to encourage team members.
• Ability to manage design schedules using well-defined metrics.
• Experience in a high-energy multi-disciplined engineering environment.
• Strong multi-tasking and real-time crisis management skills.
• Ability to understand and extract action plans from technical discussions.
• Excellent debugging skills and ability to resolve critical problems.