Wireless RTL Design Engineer
Apple
Design
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
USD 181,100-318,400 / year + Equity
Posted on Apr 3, 2026
Come join Apple’s growing wireless silicon development team. Our wireless SOC organization is responsible for all aspects of wireless silicon development with a particular emphasis on highly energy-efficient design and new technologies that transform the user experience at the product level. All of which is driven by a world-class vertically integrated engineering team, spanning RF/Analog architecture and design, Systems/PHY/MAC architecture and design, VLSI/RTL design and integration, Emulation, Design Verification, Test and Validation and FW/SW engineering.
In this role, you will develop high-performance low power ASIC design for wireless MAC. you will be at the center of a silicon design group, with a critical impact on getting innovative and functional products to hundreds of millions of customers quickly.
- Writing specifications and other document
- Microarchitecture definition
- RTL logic design, IP integration, and verification support
- Running front-end tools to ensure lint-free and CDC/RDC clean design
- Synthesis and timing constraints
- Power analysis and optimization
- Collaboration with system and software team to ensure functionality, performance, and power efficiency
- Develop and maintain methodology/ flow/ checks for your design
- BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
- Hands on experience in ASIC design flow
- Proven track record of high performance designs in high volume production for low power applications
- Hands on experience in computer architecture including one or more of the following: Bus fabric, especially APB/AHB/AXI, Memory systems, System debug architecture, Power management with multiple power domains, Encryption/decryption engines, Integer and floating-point numeric units, High-speed data path and control units.
- Experience in ASIC design front end flows – Lint, CDC, STA, LEC
- Knowledge and experience in MAC layer of wired/wireless communication system preferred
- Knowledge of wireless protocols such as Bluetooth, WLAN, or Zigbee preferred
- SoC top-level integration experience and system architecture knowledge is a plus
- Proficiency in HDL languages, such as Verilog / SystemVerilog
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Shell, Perl, Python)
- Ability to work well in a team and be productive under aggressive schedule
- Excellent communication skills and self-motivation/organization
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