Stephen Kobdish

Stephen Kobdish is currently a Silicon Validation Hardware Engineering Program Manager at Apple Inc., where they focus on mixed-signal System-on-Chips for low-power embedded applications. Over a 20-year career, they have held positions as an Analog Validation Engineer at Intel, a Senior Validation Engineer at Cirrus Logic, and a Hardware Applications Engineer at both Sigmatel Inc and Freescale Semiconductor. Stephen holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Integrated Circuits and Systems from The University of Texas at Austin. Their expertise includes team leadership, silicon debug, hardware design, and analog validation, with a strong interest in pre-silicon design and post-silicon validation.