Hardware Systems Engineer - Board Design
Core
Design and manufacture high-performance, power-efficient system-on-chip (SoC) processors for Apple devices.
Role type
Senior IC hardware systems engineer (board design)
Builds
Next-generation silicon processors and system-on-chip (SoC) for Apple products
Domain
Consumer electronics / Semiconductor / Hardware engineering
Required skills
Schematic capture, circuit design, layout and routing constraints, FPGA and CPLD development, board bring-up and testing, power and signal integrity analysis, high-speed interface design, debugging complex system issues
Preferred skills
RTL design (Verilog/VHDL), FPGA design experience, test automation (Perl/Tcl/Python), hardware lab equipment proficiency (scopes, analyzers, signal generators)
Technologies
Verilog, VHDL, Perl, Tcl, Python, FPGA, CPLD
Responsibilities
Develop specifications based on cross-functional requirements; perform schematic capture, circuit design, and simulation; execute board bring-up, testing, characterization, and debugging; conduct power and signal integrity analysis; debug issues on test boards and production systems
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
