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Apple · 1 day ago

SerDes System Validation Engineer

positionAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level

Apple is a company dedicated to crafting products that enrich people's lives. They are seeking a SerDes System Validation Engineer to take ownership of SerDes system bring-up, validation, and debug, working closely with design teams to enhance testability and ensure silicon success.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
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Responsibilities

Ownership 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. Drive testability features for in situ Validation and Debug

Qualification

High-speed serial linksAnalog mixed-signal designMixed-signal verificationScriptingAutomationDFT definitionData analysisCuriosityTeam collaborationProblem-solvingLeadership skills

Required

Ownership 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
Drive testability features for in situ Validation and Debug

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

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Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
dateFounded in 1976
location
Cupertino, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.apple.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$5.67B
Key Investors
Berkshire HathawayMicrosoftSequoia Capital
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
2025-01-16Post Ipo Debt· $0.31M
2021-04-30Post Ipo Equity

Leadership Team

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Tim Cook
CEO
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Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering

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