FE Engineering

Summary

Apple is seeking an FE Engineering professional to support wireless IC development and hardware emulation. The role involves designing pre-silicon hardware emulation and prototyping platforms, developing Verilog RTL for signal-processing blocks, and collaborating with design, verification, silicon validation, and software teams to resolve platform bring-up and performance issues.

Responsibilities

• Understand system requirements for wireless ICs and design pre-silicon HW emulation and prototyping platforms using extensive experience with SystemC design and high-level synthesis methodology
• Design Verilog RTL for signal processing blocks in wireless ICs
• Work with emulation/FPGA platforms such as HAPS, Palladium, Protium
• Work with SoC design and design verification to deliver designs to emulation and prototyping team
• Work with design, silicon validation, and software teams to triage design/performance issues during platform bring-up and drive solutions

Skills

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or related occupation
• Utilizing SystemVerilog or Verilog or VHDL to design RTL for signal processing blocks
• Writing firmware or software in C or C++ or SystemC that controls HW blocks
• Experience with MATLAB in modeling and simulating signal processing blocks
• Experience with using FPGA and emulation platforms for test and bring-up of RTL blocks
• Experience with debug of issues found on FPGA and emulation platforms
• Utilizing synthesis and timing closure tools to evaluate area, timing, and power of RTL blocks
• Experience with quality check tools for CDC and DFT

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or related occupation
• Utilizing SystemVerilog or Verilog or VHDL to design RTL for signal processing blocks
• Writing firmware or software in C or C++ or SystemC that controls HW blocks
• Experience with MATLAB in modeling and simulating signal processing blocks
• Experience with using FPGA and emulation platforms for test and bring-up of RTL blocks
• Experience with debug of issues found on FPGA and emulation platforms
• Utilizing synthesis and timing closure tools to evaluate area, timing, and power of RTL blocks
• Experience with quality check tools for CDC and DFT

Benefits

• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs
• Eligibility for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount through Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, if voluntarily participating
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• A range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition, for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple
• This role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• This role might be eligible for relocation