Apple · 17 hours ago
SerDes System Validation Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelApple is a leading technology company known for crafting innovative products. The SerDes System Validation Engineer will be responsible for the bring-up, validation, and debugging of SerDes systems, collaborating with design teams to enhance testability and ensure first-time silicon success.
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Responsibilities
Work of SerDes system bring-up, validation and debug. This will involve a SerDes bring up in system environment , verifying and qualify all operations, analyzing robustness and margins in system
Work with design teams to understand the architecture and define DFT needs to help enhance testability and first-time silicon success
Be involved in mixed-signal verification tasks to assure Pre Silicon test coverage and robustness. Work on testability feature for in situ Validation and Debug
Qualification
Required
Ownership of SerDes system bring-up, validation and debug
This will involve a SerDes bring up in system environment, verifying basic operations, analyzing robustness and margins in system
Work with design teams to understand the architecture and define DFT needs to help improve testability and first time silicon success
Be involved in mixed-signal verification tasks to better understand the SerDes operation and interaction with higher level control logic
Preferred
The ideal candidate should have experience in high-speed serial links with expertise in the following:
Solid understanding and experience of designing analog mixed signal circuit blocks including Bandgap, biasing circuits, LDO regulators, amplifiers, comparators, switched-cap circuits, ADCs, DACs, Oscillators, Filters
Solid understanding of analog mixed-signal concepts like mismatch mitigation, linearity, stability, low-power and low-noise techniques
Solid understanding and experience with digitally assisted analog design concepts (e.g. background calibrations, LMS based adaptive loops)
Hands-on experience to drive lab and production testing, debug, and data analysis
Hands-on experience with AMS IC development from definition to high-volume production including layout supervision, bench evaluation, correlation, and characterization
Skills in scripting and automation to enhance efficiency are highly desirable
Experience in high-speed serial links, with knowledge of common high-speed SerDes protocols like PCIe, USB, DP, and MPHY
Knowledge of Tx/Rx equalization techniques and circuits, including CTLE, DFE, and de-emphasis, as well as CDR architectures and implementations
Knowledge of common high-speed SerDes protocols (e.g., PCIe, USB, DP, MPHY) is highly desired
Exposure to firmware assisted mixed signal IP development is desirable
Knowledge and inquisitiveness in AI/ML domains, and ability to apply the concepts for improved silicon performance, and also for productivity improvements in the design/validation of the IP
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Founded in 1976
10001+ employees
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