Apple
Silicon Validation Engineer
$116K–$203K
Waltham, Massachusetts · Full-time · Posted Jul 21, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree required.
About the job
Performs lab bring-up, validation, characterization, and debugging of high-speed SerDes and other analog/mixed-signal circuits for mobile SoCs.
What you'll do
- Lead bring-up, validation, and characterization of high-speed SerDes blocks; develop tests to assess performance and operating margins across PVT variations.
- Debug and analyze SerDes signal integrity, adaptation, and characterization results using lab test and measurement equipment.
- Support ATE and Product Engineering and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Hands-on experience with high-speed SerDes architectures, protocols, and blocks, including NRZ and PAM, CTLE, DFE, FFE, CDR, and PLLs.
- Proficiency with high-speed oscilloscopes and BERTs; understanding of SerDes adaptation and signal integrity.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, including data investigation and mining.
Nice to have
- MSEE.
- Hands on SerDes Lab experience; Python programming experience.
Pay
$116,400 and $203,000 (base salary)
Tools
NRZ, PAM, CTLE, DFE, FFE, CDR, PLLs, Python
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