Digital Design Engineer 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: 51 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 3 days ago
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 · Digital Design Engineer Lead, Custom Silicon Management

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The Digital Design Engineer Lead - Custom Silicon Management joins the Custom Silicon Management Group to lead technical engagements between the company and silicon suppliers. This role involves collaborating with multi-functional teams and external vendors to define, develop, and productize next-generation mobile products. Key responsibilities include assisting in the architecture, implementation, verification, emulation, and validation of custom silicon while managing engineering requirement specifications. The engineer must trade off specific issues against system limitations and drive vendor methodologies to meet internal standards for bug-free first silicon. Required skills include digital design engineering experience, FPGA emulation, silicon bring-up, characterization, and debug. Preferred expertise includes mixed signal design, audio and power standards like MIPI, Soundwire, I2S, and SPMI, and experience designing audio amplifiers, codecs, or power converters.

Skills

Digital Design Mixed Signal Design FPGA Emulation Silicon Bring-up Characterization Debug MIPI Soundwire I2S SPMI Micro-architecture Verification Emulation 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.
Work with external vendors to develop micro-architecture, verification, and emulation.
Drive vendor methodologies to ensure they meet Apple's internal standards.
Target the achievement of bug-free first silicon to meet ambitious product schedules.

What we're looking for

Digital design engineering experience.
Experience with FPGA emulation, silicon bring-up, characterization, or debug.
10+ years relevant industry experience (preferred).
Mixed signal design experience (preferred).
Experience with audio and power standards such as MIPI, Soundwire, I2S, and SPMI (preferred).
Experience in the design of audio amplifier, codec, and/or power converters (preferred).

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