RF/Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Apple Inc. is hiring an RF/Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer in Cupertino, California, and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. The engineer will specify analog portions of ICs and optimize system-level solutions in close collaboration with system engineers. The role includes behavioral modeling to validate architectures; designing, documenting, and reviewing circuit blocks; schematic entry and simulation; coordinating layout; and validating top-level integration and extracted layouts. The engineer will also work on EM and reliability/aging flows, production and bench test plans, lab validation, yield analysis, and defect-driven improvements.

The position requires a master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or a related field, plus two years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Work is 40 hours per week.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Two years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Experience designing analog-to-digital converters, including delta-sigma modulator ADC design.
• Experience designing low-dropout regulators, including regulated supplies for analog designs.
• Experience with cellular RF lineup modeling and analysis, lineup simulations such as IP2, and defining specifications for each block in the lineup.
• Operational amplifier design experience with unity gain bandwidth greater than 1 GHz.
• Experience using MATLAB, Simulink, and Virtuoso for block behavior, block arrangement, system simulation, and performance prediction.
• Experience using Cadence tools including Spectre, Virtuoso, QRC, Star-RC, and Calibre DRC and LVS.

Responsibilities

• Specify analog portions of ICs and ensure optimized whole-system solutions rather than focusing only on IP-level optimization.
• Work closely with system engineers.
• Perform behavioral modeling to validate architectures using MATLAB, Cadence, Spectre, Simulink, and SystemVerilog tools.
• Design circuit blocks and document designs for formal design reviews.
• Use Cadence tools and analog fundamentals to create block schematics, simulate performance, and make design tradeoffs.
• Drive mask design to implement layout views of designs.
• Work with layout engineers, supervise layout, and apply knowledge of deep-submicron technology.
• Run top-level simulations to validate integration.
• Run layout-based extractions using QRC and Star-RC and verify performance.
• Work with electromagnetic and reliability/aging flows.
• Define production- and bench-level test plans.
• Work with test and production engineers to drive PCB design and select off-chip components for testing.
• Use automation tools such as Tableau to review results.
• Take laboratory measurements to validate analog designs using equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Drive and review yield and laboratory test results to guide bug fixes.
• Work with test engineers to understand production fabrication defects, patterns, and antenna rules to improve chip yield.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Tuition reimbursement for certain education expenses related to advancing a career at Apple.
• Potential eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Potential relocation assistance.
• Opportunity to receive discretionary restricted stock unit awards.
• Opportunity to purchase Apple stock at a discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level