Lead Digital Design Engineer, Custom Silicon Management

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Austin, TX
Posted: 5 days ago
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TL;DR · Lead Digital Design Engineer, Custom Silicon Management

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As a Digital Design Engineer Lead - Custom Silicon Management, you will join the Custom Silicon Management Group to drive technical engagements between internal teams and external suppliers. You will play a strategic role in the architecture, implementation, verification, emulation, and validation of custom silicon for mobile products. Your daily responsibilities include managing engineering requirement specifications, trading off system limitations, and driving vendor methodologies to meet specific standards while aiming for bug-free first silicon. The role requires expertise in digital design principles, FPGA emulation, silicon bring-up, characterization, and debugging. Preferred skills include mixed signal design experience and familiarity with audio and power standards such as MIPI, Soundwire, I2S, and SPMI. You will also work on the design of audio amplifiers, codecs, and power converters to solve complex hardware challenges for next-generation devices.

Skills

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

What you'll do

Assist in the architecture, implementation, verification, emulation, and validation of custom silicon.
Trade off specific technical issues against 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.
Drive vendor methodologies to align with Apple's technical 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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