Silicon Validation Engineer
Do you like to work on ground breaking technologies that enable amazing new products? Do you have the attention for details and love for excellence to work towards an extraordinary result? Envision what you could do here! At Apple, we believe new insights have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish!
Apple is looking for a qualified and motivated silicon validation engineer. You will be part of a team doing pre/post-silicon bring- up, debug, validation and characterisation of analog and mixed signal Power Management circuits for battery operated portable devices.
This position is for an engineer with experience in system validation, who understands that the tight interaction between pre-silicon design and post-silicon validation is the key to shipping quality products. In this role, you will work closely with both IC Design teams, Firmware and System teams within Apple, as we drive execution from first silicon through to mass-production release.
You will be expected to participate in all levels of this process, including the definition of custom board-level hardware for IC bring-up and test, defining and implementing validation plans, and working with module and system teams to support their design integration and debug of system-level issues.
Minimum Qualifications
- BS/MS/PhD in Electronic Engineering or related fields
- Proven analytical and problem solving abilities
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and enthusiasm, combined with the ability to collaborate
- Ability to work well on a diverse team, take ownership, and motivate self and others
Preferred Qualifications
- First experience in the areas of system validation and ASIC design validation
- Experience with analog circuit measurement
- Good knowledge in SW development
- Good bringup and debugging skills and hands-on lab work.
- Experience with complex test equipment setups (scopes, programmable power supplies, spectrum/network analyzer, etc.)
- Strong coding skills (Python, C++) and data post processing knowledge
- Good understanding of embedded firmware/software development process
- Familiarity with AI integration in existing SW framework
- Familiarity with switching converters and linear regulators (LDO)
- Technical background in silicon validation, failure analysis and debug
- Familiarity with Verilog or VHDL, FPGA prototyping is a plus
- An understanding of finite state machines, microcontroller architectures and mixed signal design is a plus