Apple

Signal Integrity Engineer - Serial IO Interface

Apple$120K — $160K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PhD in a relevant field or BS/MS with 3-5 years of experience in the industry.
  • Proven experience with high-speed serial interfaces such as USB or PCIe.
  • Strong knowledge of signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) issues.
  • Hands-on experience in product package/board design and analysis.
  • Familiarity with lab equipment like VNA, TDR, and spectrum analyzers.
  • Proficient in 3D/2D EM simulation tools and transmission line theory.
  • Strong communication skills and an excellent academic background.

Responsibilities

  • Design and validate high-speed serial interface systems for SOCs.
  • Collaborate with circuit design teams and vendors for optimizing system design.
  • Conduct electrical extraction and validation for package and PCB.
  • Execute test plans to ensure signal and power integrity.
  • Work with product and system engineering to troubleshoot and enhance product yield.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and projects.
  • Collaborative work environment with industry experts.
  • Flexible work arrangements and work-life balance support.
Full Job Description
In this position, you will work with the team that develops SOCs used within Apple devices. You will be specifically responsible for high-speed serial interface signal integrity and power integrity for Apple SOCs covering the span from silicon to package to board. Prior design and modeling experience with USB, PCIe, or comparable interfaces is a must-have.

Work on the electrical and physical design of high-speed serial interface systems. Work on the electrical extraction and validation of package and PCB. Work with circuit design team and vendor to optimize circuit and system design SI and PI modeling, simulation, and characterization of high-speed serial interface. Develop and execute test plans to validate signal and power integrity. Work with product engineering and system engineering to debug and improve product yield.

Minimum requirement of a bachelors degree

PhD in a relevant field. BS and 5+ years or MS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience. You should be familiar with signal and power integrity issues of high speed serial interfaces. Experience working with the actual product package/board design and analysis, SI/PI methodology development, and lab correlation/validation of the simulation results. Familiarity with lab equipment, such as: VNA, TDR, real-time scope, spectrum analyzer, etc. Possess strong fundamentals in 3D/2D EM simulation tools and transmission line theory. Excellent academic background and experience beyond graduate school studies. Good communication skills.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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$63.9 billion
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1976
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