Apple
SerDes Micro Architect
$129K–$225K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree.
About the job
Define SERDES analog mixed-signal IP microarchitecture, verify designs against performance requirements, and support system bring-up and factory-test debugging.
What you'll do
- Define microarchitecture for analog mixed-signal IP, especially SERDES.
- Review firmware and analog/digital circuits and verify performance requirements.
- Coordinate with evaluation, verification, and signal-integrity teams; lead debugging during system bring-up and factory test.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree.
Nice to have
- Experience defining high-speed SERDES receiver, transmitter, and clocking blocks; understanding of adaptation and optimization algorithms, communications and information theory, equalizers, timing recovery, system identification, and DSP.
- Familiarity with mixed-signal modeling in Python/MATLAB/C/C++, circuit simulation tools, Machine Learning concepts, and system design tradeoffs; firmware or embedded software experience is a plus.
Pay
$129,300 and $225,300 USD base salary
Tools
Python, MATLAB, C, C++
AI focus
Familiarity with Machine Learning concepts is preferred; no specific AI development work is stated.
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