Power IC Design Engineer: Analog & Layout Expert

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking an IC design engineer to create transistor-level designs for DC-DC converters and related IPs. You will start with feasibility studies and carry concepts through implementation, simulation, layout, and production in a team-focused environment at Apple.

The role emphasizes optimizing power, area and performance, developing subcell simulations, and defining post-silicon test plans while collaborating across groups to ensure robust ESD-compliant designs.

Qualifications

• BS and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience in optimization of voltage regulator high level architecture and low-level circuits.
• Familiarity with buck, boost, LDOs, bandgaps, bias, comparators, and op-amps.
• Device physics knowledge in regard to analog and power such as transistor operation, optimization, parasitics, and performance.
• Engineers skilled in analog IC design CAD tools and analysis flows for tapeout.
• Experience modeling circuits in Matlab, VerilogA, Python, or C before implementation.
• Validate analog/power designs on a lab bench using spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, etc.
• Design with detailed testability; write test plans for trim and calibration; collaborate with test engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build concepts to overcome engineering problems in complex power systems.
• Design blocks and documenting design towards formal design reviews.
• Collaborate with mask design to construct layout collaterals.
• Navigate through optimizations of power, area and performance or power IC designs.
• Develop subcell and IP-level simulations to validate designs.
• Define production and bench evaluation plans for post-silicon activities.
• Take bench measurements to validate your own IC designs.
• Review bench and production test results to drive bug fixes.
• Complete designs considering ESD compliance of the circuits.

Skills

Analog IC Design

Power IC Design

VerilogA Modeling

Python Modeling

Matlab

Circuit Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Analog CAD Tools

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum Analyzers

Bench Equipment

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking an IC design engineer to create transistor-level designs for DC-DC converters and related IPs. You will start with feasibility studies and carry concepts through implementation, simulation, layout, and production in a team-focused environment at Apple.

The role emphasizes optimizing power, area and performance, developing subcell simulations, and defining post-silicon test plans while collaborating across groups to ensure robust ESD-compliant designs.