Apple · 8 hours ago
SoC Physical Design Engineer, Top Level
San Jose, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$147K/yr - $272K/yr
10+ years expApple is a company known for its extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences. In this highly visible role, you will be responsible for implementing complete chip design from netlist to tapeout, collaborating with various teams to drive physical aspects and methodologies in the design cycle.
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Responsibilities
Work with the FE team to understand chip architecture and drive physical aspects early in the design cycle
Work with the physical design team to drive methodologies and “best known methods” to streamline physical design work, come up with guidelines and checklists, drive execution, and track progress
Be a focal point for place and route, drive the work among place and route engineers, set goals and milestones, plan short and long-term work, understand dependencies between different domains like top, STA, block place and route
Resolve design and flow issues related to physical design, identify potential solutions, and drive execution
Qualification
Required
Minimum BS with 10+ years experience
Preferred
Needs to be familiar with aspects of ASIC integration including floorplanning, clock and power distribution, global signal planning, I/O planning, and hard IP integration
Experience with typical SoC issues such as multiple voltage and clock domains, ESD strategies, mixed signal block integration, and package interactions
Familiar with a 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 is required
Experience with large SoC designs (>20M gates) with frequencies in excess of 1GHz using innovative sub 45nm technologies
A detailed understanding of database management issues is required
From a CAD tool perspective, experience with floorplanning tools, P&R flows, global timing verification and physical design verification flows is required
Familiar with various process-related design issues including Design for Yield and Manufacturability, multi Vt strategies and thermal Mgt
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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