Summary
Posted: Mar 6, 2024
Role Number:200541181
Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you'll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You'll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you'll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple's devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. As a member of the Silicon Validation Hardware team you'll work with a veteran group of designers building embedded systems for silicon bring-up and characterization. This position involves a wide range of activities including designing high-speed boards that push the limits of technology, designing and implementing test and characterization circuits in the lab, and debugging complicated system level problems. You'll work closely with teams across Apple and help enable future generations of incredible products.
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Key Qualifications
- Experience using schematic capture tools
- Familiar with PCB layout analysis and simulation tools
- Circuit simulation experience at board and transistor level
- Proficiency with standard hardware lab equipment including scopes, logic analyzers, signal generators, protocol analyzers
- Script language programming experience using Perl/Tcl/Python or similar languages.
- HDL experience is a plus.
Description
The Board design engineer will be responsible for: - High-speed board design - Schematic capture, design rule development, and circuit design - FPGA and CPLD development - Lab bring-up, test, and debugging - Power and signal integrity analysis - High-speed interface characterization - Debugging system level issues.
Education & Experience
Minimum requirement of BS + 10 years relevant proven experience.
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
- At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $170,700.00 and $300,200.00, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.