Apple

Silicon Validation Lead - Custom Silicon Management

Apple$130K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in engineering or related field with relevant industry experience.
  • Extensive experience in Silicon Validation.
  • Proficiency in creating validation test plans, debugging, stress testing, and FMEA.
  • Advanced knowledge of pre-silicon and post-silicon validation methodologies.
  • Familiarity with SOC & System architecture and design.

Responsibilities

  • Lead validation and quality assurance for custom silicon projects.
  • Collaborate with internal and external teams on specifications and validation methodologies.
  • Assess performance and functional goals in collaboration with design teams.
  • Guide the implementation and execution of validation efforts pre and post silicon stage.
  • Communicate effectively across multi-functional teams to drive outcomes.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
  • Retirement benefits and stock options.
  • Discounted Apple products and services.
  • Tuition reimbursement for job-related education.
  • Possibility of discretionary bonuses or commissions.
Full Job Description
Description

You will be responsible for validation and quality of custom silicon. You are expected to:

- Work closely with internal & external teams to review specifications, drive improvement of existing validation test plans & methodologies, and to ensure high quality test coverage on the first revision of silicon.

- Collaborate with chip/module/system and FW teams to understand the functional & performance goals of the design.

- Provide technical guidance on validation implementation and execution on pre and post silicon (FPGA and silicon).

- Have strong communication skills, excellent multi-functional capabilities to influence and achieve best outcomes for all involved.

Minimum Qualifications

BS and relevant industry experience

Industry experience in Silicon Validation

Experience with validation methodologies such as creating test plans, debugging, stress testing, and FMEA of IPs and/or full-chip

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years of relevant industry experience

A proven record and keen interest to devise functional and stress tests to "break the chip"

Advanced experience with validation environments, including pre-silicon (e.g. FPGA) and post-silicon validation, scripting, test automation and regression.

Fluency and working knowledge of SOC & System architecture/design

Knowledge of industry standard interfaces, such as I2C, SPMI, USB, SPI, MIPI

Validation experience with relatively complex digital and/or mixed signal chips

Bare-metal firmware or ROM code development experience

Design verification experience

Should be a phenomenal teammate with excellent social and communications skills and the passion to take on diverse challenges

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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