Analog Design Lead, Custom Silicon Management

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Diego, CA
Salary: $166,600–$296,000 / yr
Posted: 14 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Analog Design Lead, Custom Silicon Management

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The Analog Design Lead - Custom Silicon Management joins the Custom Silicon Management team to drive technical engagements between internal teams and external silicon suppliers. This role involves collaborating with multi-functional teams and vendors to define, develop, and productize next-generation custom silicon solutions for mobile products. Key responsibilities include establishing silicon requirements with systems and platform teams, leading efforts to develop, integrate, characterize, and test silicon across health, camera, and connectivity programs. The candidate will drive improvements in analog design methodology, manage development of new process technologies and architectures, and ensure designs are verified for long-term reliability. Required skills include experience designing analog or mixed-signal IC blocks, FPGA emulation, silicon bring-up, characterization, and debug. The role focuses on delivering production-worthy first revision silicon while managing complex schedules across geographical boundaries to resolve architectural challenges.

Skills

Analog Design Mixed-Signal IC FPGA Emulation Silicon Bring-up Circuit Design Tape-out

What you'll do

Establish silicon requirements by working with Systems and Platform teams.
Lead the development, integration, characterization, and testing of silicon components.
Deliver production-worthy first-revision silicon that meets all system requirements and schedules.
Drive continuous improvements in analog design methodology to ensure high-quality first silicon.
Manage external vendors to develop new process technologies and next-generation circuit designs.
Ensure all designs are properly verified, validated, and tested for long-term reliability.
Manage project schedules while supporting multi-functional engineering efforts across various teams.

What we're looking for

BS degree and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
Experience designing analog and/or mixed-signal IC blocks.
PhD and 5+ years of experience managing design teams (preferred).
Experience with multiple tape-outs reaching production with first pass silicon (preferred).
Ability to drive and improve design methodology to achieve high quality first silicon (preferred).
Experience with FPGA emulation, silicon bring-up, characterization, and debug (preferred).
Ability to work with multi-functional teams across geographical boundaries to resolve architectural and implementation challenges (preferred).