Senior RFIC Layout Engineer - Analog/RF CMOS, Equity

Apple, Inc.; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 281,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Massachusetts is seeking an RFIC Layout Engineer to join the Wireless SoC Radio Team. You will design and bring into mass production state-of-the-art CMOS RF/analog blocks from RF front-end to data converters, contributing to high-volume production in advanced CMOS nodes.

You will perform transistor-level layout, verification, floorplanning collaboration, and critical layout reviews to ensure performance, yield, and reliability across wireless transceiver blocks.

Qualifications

• BS degree with 10+ years of RFIC layout experience.

Responsibilities

• Detailed transistor-level layout of RF and analog circuit blocks including LNA, mixers, PLL, LO generation, modulators, power amplifiers, ADC/DAC, baseband filters, and bandgap/bias/LDO.
• Block level layout through full verification flow including extraction, DRC, LVS, and DFM checking.
• Co-work with designers on block level floorplanning.
• Layout review for power/gnd routing, electromigration, signal path check, differential and IQ matching, and signal coupling.

Skills

RF/analog layout

Device matching techniques

PERL scripting

Education

BS degree

Tools

Cadence layout tools

CALIBRE DRC/ERC/LVS

SKILL scripting

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Massachusetts is seeking an RFIC Layout Engineer to join the Wireless SoC Radio Team. You will design and bring into mass production state-of-the-art CMOS RF/analog blocks from RF front-end to data converters, contributing to high-volume production in advanced CMOS nodes.

You will perform transistor-level layout, verification, floorplanning collaboration, and critical layout reviews to ensure performance, yield, and reliability across wireless transceiver blocks.