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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 be critical to enabling the next generation of incredible Apple products. This position involves a wide range of activities including high-speed board designs 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 designers from many groups within Apple and be a key contributor to the silicon engineering effort.

Description

. Developing specifications based on requirements from cross-functional teams
• Schematic capture, circuit design, definition of layout and routing constraints, design review and simulation
• FPGA and CPLD development
• Board bring-up, testing and characterization, and debug
• Power and signal integrity analysis
• High-speed interface design and characterization
• Debug a wide range of issues on test boards and production systems

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with schematic level board design

Understanding board bringup and debug strategies

Strong fundamentals in EE concepts; transistor operation, signal integrity and transmission lines, timing analysis, digital logic

RTL experience using Verilog or VHDL. Preferably FPGA design experience

Proficiency with standard hardware lab equipment including scopes, logic and spectrum analyzers, signal generators, eLoads and protocol analyzers.

Test automation expertise using Perl/Tcl/Python.

Minimum Qualifications

BS in EBS in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related degree program with 10 years of experience.

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 $184,700 and $324,800, 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.

About Apple

Working at Apple means doing more than you ever thought possible and having more impact than you ever imagined.

Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Technology: Manufacturing

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