Lead Digital Design Engineer, Custom Silicon Management

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $175,500–$311,700 / yr
Posted: 6 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Lead Digital Design Engineer, Custom Silicon Management

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The Digital Design Engineer Lead - Custom Silicon Management joins the Custom Silicon Management Group to drive technical engagements between internal teams and silicon suppliers. This role focuses on the architecture, implementation, verification, emulation, and validation of custom silicon for mobile products including iPhone, iPad, and AppleTV. The engineer will manage vendor relationships to develop micro-architecture, improve engineering requirement specifications, and ensure vendor methodologies meet established standards to achieve bug-free first silicon. Key technical requirements include digital design principles, FPGA emulation, silicon bring-up, characterization, and debug. Preferred expertise includes mixed signal design and experience with audio and power standards such as MIPI, Soundwire, I2S, and SPMI. The role also involves designing audio amplifiers, codecs, and power converters to solve complex hardware challenges within the mobile device ecosystem.

Skills

Digital Design Mixed Signal FPGA Silicon Bring-up Characterization Debug MIPI SoundWire I2S SPMI Audio Amplifier Codec Power Converters Micro-architecture Emulation Verification Validation

What you'll do

Assist in the architecture, implementation, verification, emulation, and validation of custom silicon.
Trade off specific technical issues against overall system limitations.
Improve engineering requirement specification documents for custom silicon products.
Collaborate with internal teams to ensure documentation meets project requirements.
Work with external vendors to develop micro-architecture, verification, and emulation of custom silicon.
Drive vendor methodologies to ensure they meet Apple's specific standards.
Achieve bug-free first silicon to meet ambitious product schedules.

What we're looking for

Bachelor of Science degree.
Experience in digital design engineering.
Experience with FPGA emulation, silicon bring-up, characterization, or debug.
10+ years of relevant industry experience.
Mixed signal design experience.
Experience with audio and power standards such as MIPI, Soundwire, I2S, and SPMI.
Experience in the design of audio amplifiers, codecs, and/or power converters.

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