Physical Design Methodology CAD Engineer

Apple

3.7

(120)

Austin, TX

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    Position summary

    SOC designs by developing flows, tools and methodologies for future Apple products! You will explore and enable new technology nodes, stdcells and tools for design teams. You will collaborate with design teams and tool vendors to improve PPA (Power, Performance, Area) and design productivity. You will actively work on developing internal methodologies using your understanding of CAD algorithms and ML. We are looking for passionate engineers to join our team. In this role, you will be impacting a wide range of chips used across Apple's world-class products!

    Description

    • Participating and driving cross functional teams to solve key physical design challenges. - Developing innovative solutions in physical design and optimization space. - Developing and supporting implementation flows for multiple projects and design teams. - Developing and maintaining custom CAD tools for implementation and signoff. - Creating flows to enable successful deployment of new technology nodes. - Developing tools and methodologies for best-in-class PPA and productivity including ML based solutions. - Collaborating with other disciplines such as physical design verification, RC extraction, IR and static timing analysis (STA). - Driving EDA tool vendor interactions, to resolve tool issues and identify areas for tool improvements.

    Minimum Qualifications

    • Experience in CAD Tool, CAD flow or PD methodology.

    • Proficiency in Tcl, Python or Perl scripting languages.

    • Expertise in some of the analysis involved in Physical Design - extraction, timing, noise, physical verification, EMIR.

    • Minimum requirement of BS+10 years of relevant industry experience

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Ability to coordinate and drive initiatives with little to no oversight

    • Hands on knowledge of industry standard PNR tools.

    • Hands on experience with high performance and low power implementation flows.

    Additional Requirements

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    • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

    Why you should apply for a job to Apple:

  • 66% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 66% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Company commitment that women earn the same as men performing similar work includes no salary history disclosure policy.
  • Apple University creates classes, seminars, and tools to help employees understand Apple’s culture, organization, and values.
  • Whether you donate time or money, Apple will match charitable contributions up to $10,000 a year.