Cellular RF Receiver Systems Engineer
About the role
Apple’s RF Systems Engineering team is seeking an RF engineer to develop and optimize Cellular RF Receiver architectures. The role focuses on delivering wireless receiver solutions across 5G New Radio and 6G technologies.
What you'll do
- Architect and optimize Cellular RF receiver architectures across sub-6 GHz and mmW frequencies.
- Collaborate with RFIC design, antenna, platform architecture, and software engineering teams to define and implement receiver specifications.
- Develop RF system models and execute simulations using MATLAB and Python.
- Use AI tools for coding, model generation, and data analysis.
- Lead lab bring-up, system calibration, and debugging of RF hardware.
What you'll need
- BS degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in Radio Receiver design.
- System engineering experience designing complex communication RF systems (such as Cellular or WiFi), including receiver architectures for sub-6 GHz and mmW frequencies.
- Proficiency in using MATLAB and Python for RF system modeling and simulations.
- Experience with lab bring-up, system calibration, and debugging RF hardware.
- Proficiency in using AI for coding, model generation, and data analysis.
Nice to have
- Understanding of RF line-up analysis for modern receiver architectures, including modeling techniques in time and frequency domains.
- Deep theoretical and practical understanding of receiver performance metrics and impairments, including noise figure, non-linearity, phase noise, IQ imbalance, DC offset, and gain and phase errors.
- Understanding of 3GPP standards with a focus on RF requirements and physical layer procedures.
- Understanding of cellular system use cases, transmit/receive interactions, and coexistence challenges in consumer electronics.
- Familiarity with modern digital modem architectures.
- Familiarity with RFIC design and layout considerations.
Skills: Radio Receiver, RF system modeling, sub-6 GHz, MATLAB, line-up analysis
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 55-day median for RF/Wireless Engineering roles.
RF/Wireless Engineering · RF Frontend
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Open roles in category
267
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Median days since first seen
55 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$166k
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| Metric | Apple | All employers we track in this specialty (267 roles · 36 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 37 | 267 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 72 | 1536 · 117 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 22 d | 55 d (+33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $166k |
Skills observed across this category: Radio Receiver, RF system modeling, sub-6 GHz, MATLAB, line-up analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- Skyworks · 53 open roles · median 48 d
- Apple (this employer) · 38 open roles · median 21 d
- Keysight Technologies · 33 open roles · median 56 d
- Qualcomm · 23 open roles · median 125 d
- MACOM · 17 open roles · median 14 d
- Analog Devices · 12 open roles · median 73 d
How we counted: 267 open RF/Wireless Engineering (RF Frontend) roles from 36 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.