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Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you'll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient GPU! You'll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and expertly handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you'll be crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple's devices. Together, we enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices! This role requires a mix of strategic engineering along with hands-on, technical work. You will be responsible for implementing complete chip design from netlist to tapeout. You will have hands on experience in physical design and large chip integration.

Description

As a GPU Top Level Physical Design engineer, you will collaborate with FE team to understand RTL and drive physical aspects early in design cycle. You will drive innovation with the physical design team, as you develop methodologies and "best known methods" that will enable best-in-class GPU design. You will develop PD guidelines and checklists, drive execution, and supervise progress. Be the focal point for place and route integration at the top level. You will need to communicate and drive the needs of PD with cross-functional teams that will enable achieving the goals of the back-end design for the project.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with hierarchical design approach, top-down design, budgeting, timing and physical convergence.

Experience integrating IP from both internal and external vendors and be able to specify and drive IP requirements in the physical domain.

Experience with Physical Design topics: multiple voltage and clock domains, ESD solutions, and mixed signal block integration.

Experience with large subsystem designs (>20M gates) with frequencies in excess of 1GHz applying brand new technologies.

Familiar with various process related design issues including Design for Yield and Manufacturability, multi Vt strategies and thermal Mgt.

Proven track record in solving complex PD and multi-functional problems, driving results directly and or directing a team of engineers to innovate and complete world class designs.

Understanding of GPU architecture and design units.

Experience with Floorplanning tools, P&R flows, global timing verification and Physical Design Verification Flows is required.

Minimum Qualifications

BS + 10 years of relevant experience

Experience with ASIC integration including one or more of the following: Floorplanning, Clock and Power distribution, global signal planning, I/O planning

Experience with Floorplanning tools, P&R flows (Cadence or Synopsys)

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $184,700 and $324,800, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Technology: Manufacturing

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