Silicon Validation Engineer

Apple Inc

Waltham, MA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analog Signal, Apple, Cross-Functional, Data Mining, Debugging Skills, Develop Methodologies, Embedded Systems, IP (Internet Protocol), Laboratory, Mixed Signal Circuits, Oscilloscope, PCI Express (PCI-E), PLL (Phase-Locked Loop), Problem Solving Skills, Product Support, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Assurance Methodology, SERDES, Serial Link Design, Signal Integrity, System-on-a-Chip (SoC), Test & Measurement Equipment, USB
LOCATION
Waltham, MA
POSTED
2 days ago

In this highly visible role, you will perform lab characterization and validation of various analog & mixed signal embedded circuits; and collaborate with multi-functional teams to launch the worlds most premiere mobile SoC's.

At Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people's lives. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Do you like changing the game? We have an opportunity for a forward-thinking and especially motivated Analog Mixed Signal IP Silicon Validation Engineer! As a member of our dynamic group, you will have the rare and great opportunity to work on upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple's customers every day! You will be part of a small team responsible for:

  • Leading efforts to bring up, validate, and characterize high-speed SerDes blocks.
  • Possessing hands-on experience with various high-speed SerDes architectures, including NRZ and PAM, as well as associated protocols.
  • Demonstrating in-depth knowledge of crucial SerDes blocks such as CTLE, DFE, FFE, CDR, and PLLs, along with their characterization and debugging processes.
  • Being proficient in using test and measurement equipment like high-speed oscilloscopes and BERTs.
  • Understanding SerDes adaptation techniques.
  • Experience analyzing SerDes signal integrity.
  • Experience with high-speed protocols such as USB, PCIe, DP, etc.
  • Exhibiting strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with data investigation and mining expertise.
  • Developing robust test methodologies to evaluate performance and calculate high-speed serial interfaces (SerDes) operating margins across PVT variations.
  • Supporting ATE and Product EngineeringBachelors degree required.MSEE preferred. Hands on SerDes Lab experience Python programming experience

About the Company

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Apple Inc

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs