Apple · 1 month ago
CPU Design Timing Engineer
Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $318K/yr
10+ years expApple is a company where new ideas quickly become extraordinary products and services. In this role, you will be responsible for all aspects of timing, including working with implementation and RTL teams on timing changes, helping with construction and modification of timing flows, timing analysis, and timing closure.
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Responsibilities
Working with the CAD team to develop the timing flow that will be used on the project including scripting to improve analysis flows and engineer efficiency
Work extensively with CPU micro-architects and Implementation engineers to drive timing closure for the CPU
Qualification
Required
Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant experience
Experience with a static timing analysis tool such as PrimeTime® or Tempus®
Experience with timing analysis with multiple clock and power domains, noise analysis, and fixing noise in designs
Experience with variation modeling
Experience with TCL and either Perl or Python
Experience with SDC command usage including clock definitions, timing exceptions, and IO constraints
Preferred
Prior experience performing timing analysis in high speed digital designs such as CPUs or other similar designs
Understanding of physical design tools and methodology including logic synthesis, PnR, parasitic extraction, logic equivalence
Understanding of deep sub-micron technologies and scaling trends
Working knowledge of CPU microarchitecture including common fundamental timing paths
Working knowledge of clock-domain crossing and reset-domain crossing
Experience with RTL modeling and assertion based verification is a plus
Possess data parsing, analysis and representation/plotting skills
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
10001+ employees
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