Touch ASIC Architect (Digital) - Apple
Cupertino, CA 95014
About the Job
SummaryPosted: Role Number:200534546Design, develop, and launch next-generation Touch Technologies in Apple products!
The Touch Technology team develops ground breaking Touch solutions and technologies that are central to Apple’s products, including the iPhone, iPad, MacBooks, and more! The key goal of our team is to enable the world’s best multi-touch user-experience
Our team features a collaborative and hands-on environment that fosters engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation
An ASIC Digital Architect within our Touch Technologies team is responsible for analyzing the application and coming up with cost and power optimized digital architecture for the touch and other sensing ASICs
These designs may include one or multiple processors and/or DSP cores and microarchitecture of custom control engines.DescriptionYou will be architecting Touch sensing systems and the ASICs required to realize them
You will also be expected to take high level user requirements and create a realizable system that meets these goals
This will include high level modeling of proposed solutions, along with creating detailed specifications of the requirements
This is a highly cross-functional role, and you will work collaboratively to identify critical aspects of how the design will interact with the overall product.
Responsibilities include:
- Creating Touch sensor digital system architecture
- Developing high performance, low power signal processing architectures and sensing algorithms to achieve the best touch solutions
- Authoring detailed specifications, analyses, and characterization plans for touch system ASICs based on these architectures
- Defining System-level and IC micro-architecture of complex digital and mixed-signal ASICs, including requirements for: ARM processing, memory, bus, DSP sub-systems, Power Management, clocking, I/O interfaces, and peripherals
- Defining common Digital platform architecture framework, including design methodology and best practices to be used as a reference for the Architecture team
- Optimizing designs across multiple disciplines, including Hardware/Firmware design partitioning, trade-off assessments, design checking and tolerance analysis
- Contributing technical assessments to strategic decision-making relating to technology and investments
- Performing defect root cause analysis and resolution, including diligent bug database tracking
- Communicating program status, technical issues, risks, and mitigations plans, clearly and concisely
- Minimal business travel as needed to support product developmentKey QualificationsExperience leading chip architecture and/or digital design is desirable, preferably in touch or communicationsExperience developing and launching high volume IC designsStrong electrical engineering background in embedded system design, including: ASIC microarchitecture, computer architecture, SoC architecture, and custom or standard DSP or hardware accelerator microarchitectureExperience in FPGA emulation system design preferred, including leading pre-silicon system validation, prototype bring-up, debug, validation, characterization, and module integration supportExcellent written and verbal communication skills and solid teamwork and leadership skillsExperience with IC bring-up and debugProficiency in MATLAB, Verilog, or similar simulation, design & modeling toolsExperience with DSP and/or algorithm development is a plusDirect experience with touch technology and/or flat panel display technology is beneficialEducation & ExperienceBS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.Pay & BenefitsAt Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range
This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role
The base pay range for this role is between $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs
Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan
You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation
Learn more about Apple Benefits.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity
We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics
Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
The Touch Technology team develops ground breaking Touch solutions and technologies that are central to Apple’s products, including the iPhone, iPad, MacBooks, and more! The key goal of our team is to enable the world’s best multi-touch user-experience
Our team features a collaborative and hands-on environment that fosters engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation
An ASIC Digital Architect within our Touch Technologies team is responsible for analyzing the application and coming up with cost and power optimized digital architecture for the touch and other sensing ASICs
These designs may include one or multiple processors and/or DSP cores and microarchitecture of custom control engines.DescriptionYou will be architecting Touch sensing systems and the ASICs required to realize them
You will also be expected to take high level user requirements and create a realizable system that meets these goals
This will include high level modeling of proposed solutions, along with creating detailed specifications of the requirements
This is a highly cross-functional role, and you will work collaboratively to identify critical aspects of how the design will interact with the overall product.
Responsibilities include:
- Creating Touch sensor digital system architecture
- Developing high performance, low power signal processing architectures and sensing algorithms to achieve the best touch solutions
- Authoring detailed specifications, analyses, and characterization plans for touch system ASICs based on these architectures
- Defining System-level and IC micro-architecture of complex digital and mixed-signal ASICs, including requirements for: ARM processing, memory, bus, DSP sub-systems, Power Management, clocking, I/O interfaces, and peripherals
- Defining common Digital platform architecture framework, including design methodology and best practices to be used as a reference for the Architecture team
- Optimizing designs across multiple disciplines, including Hardware/Firmware design partitioning, trade-off assessments, design checking and tolerance analysis
- Contributing technical assessments to strategic decision-making relating to technology and investments
- Performing defect root cause analysis and resolution, including diligent bug database tracking
- Communicating program status, technical issues, risks, and mitigations plans, clearly and concisely
- Minimal business travel as needed to support product developmentKey QualificationsExperience leading chip architecture and/or digital design is desirable, preferably in touch or communicationsExperience developing and launching high volume IC designsStrong electrical engineering background in embedded system design, including: ASIC microarchitecture, computer architecture, SoC architecture, and custom or standard DSP or hardware accelerator microarchitectureExperience in FPGA emulation system design preferred, including leading pre-silicon system validation, prototype bring-up, debug, validation, characterization, and module integration supportExcellent written and verbal communication skills and solid teamwork and leadership skillsExperience with IC bring-up and debugProficiency in MATLAB, Verilog, or similar simulation, design & modeling toolsExperience with DSP and/or algorithm development is a plusDirect experience with touch technology and/or flat panel display technology is beneficialEducation & ExperienceBS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.Pay & BenefitsAt Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range
This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role
The base pay range for this role is between $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs
Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan
You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation
Learn more about Apple Benefits.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity
We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics
Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
Source : Apple