Cellular Systems Analysis Engineer

San Diego, California, United States Software and Services

Join our Wireless Technologies and Ecosystems (WTE) team and drive innovation that matters! We build and seamlessly integrate technologies that enrich people’s lives and deliver the best user‑experience. We're a passionate and critical team that designs, develops and integrates software for cellular chipsets in Apple products. You will join a hands‑on development team that nurtures creativity and generates novel solutions to deliver engineering perfection.

Do you have a passion for invention and self‑challenge? Do you thrive on pushing the limits of what’s considered feasible. As part of a world class cellular team, you’ll craft sophisticated groundbreaking embedded software that deliver more performance in our products than ever before. Join us, and you’ll help us innovate new cellular technologies that continually outperform the previous iterations!

By collaborating with other product development groups across Apple, you’ll push the industry boundaries, redefine what wireless systems can do and improve the product experience for our customers across the world.

Apple’s Cellular Software team is seeking talented, highly motivated and disciplined engineers to work across layers on groundbreaking cellular technologies. The position involves integrating core cellular technologies that solves everyday problems for customers using iPhone, iPad, Watch and other wireless product lines. We are passionate about keeping our users connected 24/7 wherever they go. This team takes pride in not just coming up with proven software designs but also in disrupting traditional models of the cellular ecosystem.

We do whatever it takes to bring user experience to the next level. In this role you will be a key member of the Cellular Software team with following responsibilities:
Integrate Software/Firmware of a state‑of‑the‑art mobile wireless communications system. Analyze system wide issues, identifying patterns from the reported issues, finding root causes, and integrating solutions to resolve these issues. Evaluate and implement leading edge tools for build, formal verification, and test. Define product and process improvements to improve overall SW quality.

• Work with the development teams to help drive complex cross functional feature integration.
• Hands on debugging, including reviewing logs for first level triaging of system wide issues.
• Setting up and managing test suites for testing end to end 4G/5G cellular functionality.
• Work with the development team, test team, and integration team to develop new quality gates.

• Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in cellular 4G/5G Software domain.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills with hands‑on experience in the analysis of system wide issues.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles using C and/or C++, Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) and concurrent programming.

• Strong knowledge of embedded real-time control, communications topics a plus.
• Experience with emulation systems, and virtual platforms.
• Experience in SW verification utilizing scripting and/or automation frameworks.
• Strong experience debugging embedded software systems using system simulators.
• Demonstrates comfort with pushing beyond the status quo.
• Builds strong relationships within the organization to exchange ideas and resources.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $171,600 and $302,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs.

Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.…