Apple
Silicon Validation Engineer
$175K–$308K
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Mar 24, 2025
- Experience
- 7+ years related industry experience.
- Education
- BSEE; MSEE preferred.
About the job
Bring up, validate, characterize, and debug high-speed SerDes and other analog/mixed-signal circuits for mobile SoCs.
What you'll do
- Lead SerDes bring-up, validation, characterization, and debugging; develop tests to evaluate performance and operating margins across PVT variations.
- Analyze SerDes signal integrity and adaptation, using high-speed test equipment and data investigation.
- Support ATE and Product Engineering and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- BSEE.
- 7+ years of related industry experience.
- Knowledge of SerDes architectures, blocks, adaptation, signal integrity, and high-speed protocols such as USB, PCIe, and DP.
- Proficiency with high-speed oscilloscopes and BERTs; strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
Nice to have
- MSEE and 7+ years of related industry experience.
- Hands-on SerDes lab experience; Python programming experience.
Pay
USD $175,000 to USD $308,500 base salary
Tools
SerDes, NRZ, PAM, CTLE, DFE, FFE, CDR, PLLs
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