Youngyun Kang is an RF system engineer with nine years of experience designing and optimizing cellular modem PHY and algorithmic performance for flagship smartphones. He has driven modem L1/PHY optimization at Google Pixel and earlier led RTL and PHY software development for 4G/5G baseband modems at Samsung, contributing to multiple commercial mobile SoCs. Now at Apple, he continues to bridge hardware and system-level RF challenges, blending deep academic training (Ph.D. in electrical engineering) with hands-on implementation in C/C++ and RTL. Known for collaborating closely with chipset partners, he excels at turning advanced channel estimation and wideband algorithm research into production-ready silicon and firmware. Beyond hardware, he identifies as a product-minded software engineer, competent in shipping integrated solutions across teams and vendors.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology
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