FPGA Design Engineer - Instrument Engineering

Apple•San Diego, CA

60d

About The Position

As an FPGA design engineer, you will develop and optimize precision test equipment used by RF automation systems to test Apple’s newest products, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and others, for different wireless technologies. Duties include RTL Design, prototype bring-up and debugging, hardware bug tracking, functional verification, and manufacturing support. Work with technology suppliers, vendors, and cross-functional staff. The position will require some international travel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree is needed, and we highly value Master’s or above. Relevant fields including Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics, and other Engineering domains.
Proficiency in at least one HDL, Verilog, or VHDL, ideally both, for FPGA designs.
Experience in analyzing, optimizing, and achieving timing closure for high-speed designs in FPGAs.
Proficiency in writing and maintaining simulations to verify designs before deploying in hardware

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience in digital circuits, state machines, pipelining, memory interfaces, multiple clock domains, and high-speed designs.
2+ years of experience designing modem or DSP algorithms in FPGAs or ASICs and successfully shipping products based on them.
Experience with AMD Versal platform and AIE.
Experience with Cadence Simulation Tools.
Knowledge of UVM.
Knowledge of RF and DSP fundamentals.
Knowledge high-speed communication protocols like PCIe, 100GbE, JESD204C.
Strong interpersonal skills.