SerDes Micro Architect
Core
Define micro architecture for next-generation SERDES IPs used in Apple silicon for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.
Role type
Senior IC analog mixed-signal micro architect
Builds
High-speed SERDES receiver, transmitter, and clocking blocks for Apple silicon
Domain
Consumer electronics / High-speed serial communication
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
SERDES design, analog and digital circuit review, firmware code review, system bring-up and factory test leadership, signal integrity analysis, adaptation and optimization algorithms, communications and information theory, equalizers, timing recovery, system identification, DSP concepts, mixed-signal modeling, simulation tools for analog/digital/mixed-signal circuits
Preferred skills
Machine Learning concepts, firmware or embedded software development
Technologies
Python, MATLAB, C, C++