Analog Architect

San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Hardware

Design, develop, and launch next-generation Touch Technologies in Apple products. The Touch Technology team develops cutting-edge Touch solutions and technologies that are central to Apple’s products, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac Books, and more. The key goal of the Touch Technology team is to enable the world’s best multi-touch user-experience. New challenges arise everyday that require the sharp problem- solving skills of talented and smart individuals.

The team features a collaborative and hands-on environment that fosters engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation. An analog ASIC architect is a key engineer responsible for analyzing the application and coming up with the best analog front end (AFE) architecture for touch and other sensing ASICs. These designs include multiple analog acquisition and digitization channels with complex filtering and DSP. Come, join us in crafting best-in-class solutions!

You will be architecting Touch sensing systems and the ASICs required to realize them. You will 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 with others to identify critical aspects of how the design will interact with the overall product.

• Create Touch sensor system architectures.
• Develop high performance, low power signal processing and sensing architectures.
• Author detailed specifications, analyses, and characterization plans for touch system ASICs based on these architectures.
• Perform modeling of the system and ASIC using high level tools.
• Optimize designs across multiple disciplines, including trade-off assessments, design checking and tolerance analysis.
• Contribute technical assessments to strategic decision-making relating to technology and investments.
• Perform defect root cause analysis and resolution.
• Minimal business travel as needed to support product development.

• BS and a minimum of 20 years relevant industry experience

• Experience developing and launching high volume IC designs
• Strong electrical engineering background in analog circuit design; exposure to signal processing, mixed-signal design, filter design, and/or embedded system design is a plus
• Experience in system-level design, requirements documentation, and IC micro-architecture definition of complex mixed-signal ASICs
• Experience with IC bring-up and debug
• Proficiency in MATLAB, Verilog, or similar simulation, design and modeling tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Direct experience with touch technology and/or flat panel display technology is beneficial
• Ph.D. and a minimum of 5 years relevant industry experience

At 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 $212,000 and $386,300, 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 seek to promote 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.