IC Designer - Power Management
Core
Design transistor-level blocks for power management ICs including DC-DC converters and auxiliary IPs for Apple products.
Role type
Senior IC Designer (Power Management)
Builds
Power management ICs (bucks, boosts, buck-boosts, charge pumps, chargers, LDOs) and related mixed-signal circuits for Apple devices.
Domain
Semiconductor / Analog IC Design
Required skills
Transistor-level analog IC design, DC-DC converter architecture, mixed-signal circuit design, layout collaboration, power/area/performance optimization, subcell simulation, ESD compliance, device physics, analog CAD tools, circuit modeling (Matlab/VerilogA/Python/C), bench validation, test plan development
Preferred skills
Voltage regulator high-level architecture, optimization of low-level circuits, familiarity with buck/boost/LDO/bandgap/bias/comparator/op-amp, capacitor/inductor physical characteristics, PCB power perspective review, detailed testability design
Technologies
VerilogA, Python, C, Matlab, analog IC design CAD tools, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators
