Apple
Digital Design Engineer Lead - Custom Silicon Management
$167K–$312K
Austin, Texas +2 · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Cupertino, California
San Diego, California - Experience
- 10+ years relevant industry experience preferred; no minimum years stated.
- Education
- BS degree
About the job
Leads technical work with internal teams and silicon suppliers to define, develop, verify, and productize custom audio and mixed-signal silicon for Apple devices.
What you'll do
- Assist with architecture, implementation, verification, emulation, and validation of custom silicon.
- Improve engineering requirements and coordinate with internal teams and external vendors on micro-architecture, verification, and emulation.
- Drive vendor methodology to meet Apple standards and target bug-free first silicon on product schedules.
What they ask for
- BS degree
- Digital design engineering experience
- Experience with FPGA emulation, silicon bring-up, characterization, or debug
Nice to have
- 10+ years relevant industry experience
- Mixed-signal design; audio and power standards such as MIPI, Soundwire, I2S, and SPMI; or audio amplifier, codec, and/or power converter design
Pay
$166,600 and $296,000 USD base salary; $175,500 and $311,700 USD base salary
Tools
FPGA, MIPI, Soundwire, I2S, SPMI
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative