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Apple Test Chip Design & Validation Engineer United States, West Virginia 801566192
09.09.2025
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Imagine yourself at the start of a fast-paced new design cycle. You will work with production chip architects, front end and DFT teams, custom IP design engineers, test & product engineers, silicon validation systems engineers to realize detailed testing of the new IPs in prototype silicon. You will draw on a broad set of skills you have gained as an electrical engineer and be required to find novel ways to test and debug new digital and AMS circuits. In this role you will:- Understand custom IPs – Memories/Digital circuits, AMS IPs and silicon validation requirements.- Understand architecture of testschips, IP chiplets and logic macro blocks in-depth.- Improve IP validation architecture in testchip with pathfinding and feedback from consumers.- Assist with improving overall testchip eco-system by implementing lessons learned.- Compose system requirements for silicon validation boards to test IPs.- Understand high level architecture & hierarchy of production chips.- Work with silicon test engineers to validate custom IPs in production chips.- Understand DFT DV test benches and modify to enable debug testing.
- BS in a relevant field of study and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience
- Deep understanding of Device Physics/Transistor basics.
- Strong grasp of basic VLSI design concepts, 6T/8T memories, Reg files, Standard cells, P&R, timing and DFT.
- Relevant Python, TCL and/or PERL programming experience.
- System Verilog expertise.
- JTAG protocol understanding.
- Knowledge of TC1500 Protocol.
- EEE1687 (STAR SMS MBIST protocol).
- Statistical data manipulation and reporting.
- Experience with FPGA based systems.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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