IC Design Engineer – Biophotonics

Summary

Posted: Sep 12, 2024

Role Number:200567726

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas 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! Dynamic, smart people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? This role is all about making systems that have never been made before. Building and integrating complex components, working with cross-functional engineering teams, and making devices that live up to high expectations. This role requires an engineer who is not afraid to take on challenges, and knows how to balance innovation with practicality. You will work with members of the cross-functional engineering team to define and implement custom hardware that supports and drives our prototype platforms and instruments. You will be expected to reduce high level feature requests to practical and implementable hardware designs, while understanding and balancing implementation tradeoffs.

Description

As an IC Design Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities: Work with cross-functional partners to identify key system requirements and negotiate their values Extract key electronics requirements from the system requirements Assist with planning circuit architecture exploration and custom test silicon development roadmap Develop circuit architectures that meet electronics requirements and validate key performance metrics Design, tape out, bring up, and verify custom test ICs that implement circuit architectures Collaborate with Apple teams to develop custom IC chipset for evaluation and use in systems

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in EE or related field
• Experience with schematic and layout of analog/mixed-signal components in ASICs
• Experience with Verilog-A/MS, MATLAB, Simulink, etc.
• Experience with bringup, testing, and debug of custom ICs
• Experience with standard lab equipment(e.g. multimeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers)

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of post-undergraduate experience in electrical engineering.
• Familiarity with schematic and layout design of high precision, low power analog/mixed-signal components in deep sub-micron process technologies
• Experience developing behavioral system models for complex analog, digital, or mixed-signal architectures
• Familiarity with silicon processes and high performance layout and mask development techniques
• Experience in test platform development for custom chip bringup and verification
• Experience with analog/mixed-signal design and verification tools (e.g. Spectre, Virtuoso, Innovus, Xcelium, Hspice, Synopsys Design & IC compiler, Primetime, Nanotime, etc.)
• Experience with various finite element modeling or full-wave simulation tools, such as ANSYS HFSS, Q3D, SiWave, COMSOL
• Strong debugging and analytical skills

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 $165,500 and $293,800, 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.