Apple Inc. is setting up a wireless chip development team in Irvine, according to online jobs postings.
The company has posted about various tech jobs that are potentially related to the project. The positions include wireless design verification engineer and radio integration engineer.
“Come join Apple’s growing wireless silicon development team,” according to one of the postings on Linked.com
Bloomberg News reported that the team’s products “could eventually replace components supplied by Broadcom.Inc., which started in Irvine and Skyworks Solutions Inc., which is headquartered locally.
Financial analysts have long speculated that Apple might decide to bring chip production in-house.
