ASIC Digital Design Engineer Lead

Apple Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, TX, is seeking a senior Display Digital Design lead to drive cross-functional efforts with internal teams and external vendors to define and productize next-gen display silicon for iPhone, iPad, and AppleTV.

You will lead architecture, verification, and validation of custom silicon, influence schedules, and push for bug-free first silicon while meeting ambitious product timelines.

Qualifications

• Experience with FPGA emulation or silicon bring-up.
• Strong collaboration with internal teams and external vendors.
• Ability to drive design decisions to meet product schedules.

Responsibilities

• Assist in architecture, implementation, verification, emulation and validation of custom silicon.
• Trade off issues against system limitations.
• Improve engineering requirement specifications for custom silicon.
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure documents meet needs.
• Collaborate with external vendors on micro-architecture, verification and emulation.
• Advocate vendor methodologies to Apple standards.
• Aim for bug-free first silicon to meet ambitious schedules.

Skills

FPGA emulation

Silicon bring-up

Characterization

Debug

Tools

Display silicon verification

HDMI/MIPI interfaces

Job description

Are you a leader? Do you want to utilize your engineering background to make big things happen? Can you influence, connect, get results and communicate effectively? Can you deliver on a predictable and dynamic schedule? We have an extraordinary opportunity for senior level engineers to drive and lead technical engagements between Apple and silicon suppliers working on groundbreaking technologies.The Custom Silicon Management Group provides critical custom silicon for all mobile products including iPhone, iPad, and AppleTV. Apple is looking for remarkable applicants for our Display Digital Design lead role to work with multi-functional teams and external vendors to define, develop and productize the next generation of devices.

Description

Imagine yourself at the center of our hardware development effort where you will collaborate with all subject areas, playing a strategic role of getting functional products to millions of customers quickly.You will have the opportunity to integrate and come-up with new insights, as well as work with vendors to promote efficiency in the Silicon community. We value your technical understanding of digital design principles.

Here are the main responsibilities of this role:

• Assist in architecture, implementation, verification, emulation and validation of custom silicon.
• Trade off specific issues against system limitations.
• Help improve engineering requirement specification documents for custom silicon.
• Work with internal teams to assure that documents meets needs.
• Work with external vendors in developing micro-architecture, verification and emulation of custom silicon.
• Drive vendor's methodology to meet Apple standards.
• Target to achieve bug free first silicon to meet ambitious product schedules.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in at least two of the following: Hands-on experience with FPGA emulation, silicon bring-up, characterization or debug.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ Years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience with mixed signal design.
• Experience with display interconnect standards such as MIPI, DP, HDMI.
• Experience with display pipeline elements and/or TCON development.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

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