Drimva

Apple

Silicon Validation Engineer

$166K–$292K

Waltham, Massachusetts · Full-time · Posted May 28, 2025

Experience
10+ years of related industry experience.
Education
BSEE; MSEE preferred.

About the job

Leads lab bring-up, validation, characterization, and debugging of high-speed SerDes blocks and evaluates interface operating margins across PVT variations.

What you'll do

  • Bring up, validate, characterize, and debug high-speed SerDes blocks and analyze signal integrity.
  • Develop test methodologies to assess performance and operating margins across PVT variations.
  • Support ATE and Product Engineering; collaborate with multifunctional teams on product launches.

What they ask for

  • BSEE.
  • 10+ years of related industry experience.
  • Hands-on experience with high-speed SerDes architectures and protocols, including NRZ and PAM.
  • Knowledge of SerDes blocks, adaptation, characterization and debugging, signal integrity, and high-speed test equipment such as oscilloscopes and BERTs.

Nice to have

  • MSEE.
  • Hands-on SerDes lab experience and Python programming experience.

Pay

$165,800 and $292,400 (base salary range)

Tools

SerDes, NRZ, PAM, CTLE, DFE, FFE, CDR, PLLs

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