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Apple Custom Circuits Design Engineer 
United States, California, San Diego 
817727785

06.05.2025
Imagine yourself at the center of our SOC design effort, collaborating with all fields, with a critical impact and playing a strategic role of getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. You will have the opportunity to integrate and come-up with new ideas, as well as work with a team of hardworking engineers. You will perform the following - - Develop custom circuits to improve chip power efficiency. - Work with power team, PD and architects to define specifications and requirements - Perform design, analysis, modeling/simulation, circuit level specifications, schematic capture, spice simulation / margin verification across PVT, statistical design, functional verification and silicon bring up.- Work closely with layout team to complete the design and oversee the layout quality.- Develop / drive circuit methodology to achieve the highest design quality metrics.
  • BS and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience
  • We are looking for applicants with design experience in advanced technology nodes.
  • - Experience in design of low voltages / low power custom circuits.
  • - Experience in one or multiple of the following areas is highly desirable: Machine learning accelerators, SRAM circuits, non-volatile memories, weak / moderate inversion circuits, ultra-low power amplifiers, DC/DC converters, digital on-chip sensors, high speed clocking, time to digital converters (TDCs).
  • - Deep understanding of deep submicron device physics, leakage mechanisms, technology interactions with device behavior.
  • - Solid understanding of device matching, device noise sources (1/f, thermal), extrinsic noise sources (supply, jitter), and their impact on high precision circuit.
  • - Ability to conduct experiments during silicon debug, gathering and analyzing data; and utilize scripting to support efficient handling of ATE data.
  • - Familiar with mixed signal verification and behavioral models for mixed signal blocks.
  • - Proficiency in scripting languages (Python /Perl or others) and CAD automation tools.
  • - Knowledge of industry standard circuit and design tools.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.