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ASIC Digital Design Engineer Lead

Apple· Hardware
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Cupertino, California, Austin, Texas, San Diego, California$175.5k - $311.7kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior digital design leadership role within Apple’s Custom Silicon Management Group, driving architecture, design, verification, emulation, and production of custom silicon for mobile devices. Leads collaboration with internal teams and external vendors to define, develop, and productize next-generation display-related silicon and ensure bug-free first silicon within ambitious schedules.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in architecture, implementation, verification, emulation and validation of custom silicon.
  • Trade off specific issues against system limitations.
  • Help improve engineering requirement specification documents for custom silicon.
  • Work with internal teams to assure that documents meet needs.
  • Work with external vendors in developing micro-architecture, verification and emulation of custom silicon.
  • Drive vendor’s methodology to meet Apple standards.
  • Target to achieve bug free first silicon to meet ambitious product schedules.

Qualifications

  • BS degree
  • Digital design engineering experience
  • Experience in at least two of the following: Hands-on experience with FPGA emulation, silicon bring-up, characterization or debug.
  • 10+ Years of relevant industry experience.
  • Experience with mixed signal design.
  • Experience with display interconnect standards such as MIPI, DP, HDMI.
  • Experience with display pipeline elements and/or TCON development.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills.

Skills

Required:Digital designMixed signal designDisplay interconnect standardsDisplay pipeline / TCONCommunication
Nice to have:FPGA emulationSilicon bring-upCharacterization or debug

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses (tuition)
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments (potential)
  • relocation (potential)
  • Apple shareholder opportunities through stock programs
  • employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Last updated Jul 31, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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