Custom Silicon Management Analog Design Lead - Sensors

Apple Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in San Diego seeks an experienced Analog Design Lead to drive the sensor silicon strategy. You will collaborate with Systems, Platform, and vendor teams to define, develop, and productionize next‑generation touch, optical, motion and health sensors.

The role emphasizes delivering production‑worthy silicon on schedule, advancing verification and reliability, and guiding multi‑functional teams through design and process‑technology challenges.

Qualifications

• Experience designing analog blocks such as current mirrors, high resolution DACs, high resolution ADCs, PLLs/DLLs, oscillators, TIAs, or LDOs.

Responsibilities

• Define silicon requirements with Systems and Platform teams (Touch, Optical, Motion, Health sensors).
• Lead efforts to develop, integrate, characterize, and test silicon.
• Deliver first revision production-worthy silicon per requirements on schedule.
• Drive continuous improvements in analog design methodology for high-quality silicon.
• Collaborate with vendors to manage development of new process technologies and architectures.
• Ensure designs are verified, validated and tested for long-term reliability.
• Manage schedules and support multi-functional engineering efforts.

Skills

Analog circuit design

IC process knowledge

Leadership

Voltage/noise budgeting

Education

MS degree

Tools

Mixed-signal design flows

ESD testing

Job description

Custom Silicon Management Analog Design Lead - Sensors

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 and IP suppliers working on groundbreaking technologies. The Custom Silicon Management Group provides critical custom silicon for all mobile products including iPhone, iPad, iPod, and AppleTV.

Description

As an Analog Design Lead, you will work with multi-functional teams and external vendors to define, develop and productize the next generation of sensor solutions.

Responsibilities

• Working with the Systems and Platform teams to establish silicon requirements - Touch, Optical, Motion and Health sensors
• Leading efforts to develop, integrate, characterize, and test silicon.
• Delivering first revision production worthy silicon per system requirements, on schedule.
• Driving continuous improvements in analog design methodology to achieve high quality first silicon.
• Working collaboratively with vendors to manage the development of new process technologies and next-generation architectures and circuit designs.
• Ensuring designs are properly verified, validated, and tested for long-term reliability.
• Managing schedules and supporting multi-functional engineering efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience designing key analog blocks such as current mirrors, high resolution DAC, high resolution ADC, Phase Locked Loops, Delay Locked Loops, Oscillators, Trans-Impedance Amplifiers, or LDOs.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS degree and 10+years relevant industry experience.
• Experience taking projects from the concept phase, through product ramp and mass production.
• Understanding of power, error and noise budgeting with respect to circuit implementation and topology trade-offs.
• Knowledge and experience in working on various IC process technologies, mixed signal design flows, reliability design rules, ESD and latch-up testing.
• Experience with industrial standards and practices in appropriate technologies.
• Work experience with high volume manufacturing.

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