Cellular ASIC Methodology Engineer

Role Number : 200620219-3543

Summary

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something.

Do you excel at crafting elegant solutions to complex challenges? Do you naturally prioritize the significance of every detail? As a member of our Hardware Technologies group, you'll contribute to designing, optimizing, and manufacturing our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient cellular chips and system-on-chips (SoC). Your role will be pivotal in ensuring that Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. By joining this group, you'll be responsible for developing and building the technology that powers Apple's devices. We invite you to join us in delivering the next groundbreaking Apple products!

Description

As a Cellular ASIC Design Engineer, you'll develop and optimize design and implementation methodology for integrated circuits across multiple focus areas including area efficiency, power optimization, and design technology co-optimization. You'll design innovative products at the block / IP-level and system-level in advanced process technologies (3nm, 2nm and beyond).

Your primary responsibilities will involve developing best-in-methodologies for optimizing Power, Performance, Area, and Cost efficiency metrics through various approaches :

DESIGN FLOW & METHODOLOGY DEVELOPMENT :

• Establish design guidelines, methodologies, and standards for synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and signoff processes
• Develop and optimize EDA tool flows including synthesis tools (DC / DCT / DCG / Genus / Oasis), P&R tools (ICC2 / Fusion / Innovus / Aprisa), and signoff tools (PT / PT-SI / Tempus)
• Drive timing convergence process improvements across design teams to enhance design PPA and yield
• Create and maintain comprehensive design flows, scripts, and automation tools to improve design productivity and reduce turnaround time

PHYSICAL DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION :

ANALYSIS & VALIDATION :

POWER & PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION :

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION :

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP :

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.

VLSI background with hands-on experience in RTL to GDSII flows.

Prior experience in doing Power, Performance, Area and Cost optimizations for SoCs.

Experience with SoC power flows & Vmin optimization.

Experience with Design Technology Co-optimization, identifying and solving scaling bottlenecks in new technology nodes.

Rapid prototyping and scripting of methodologies and test chip block implementation.

Preferred Qualifications

Solid understanding of Physical Design challenges, proficiency with synthesis, place and route tools, and implementation exploration.

Experience with Metal stack optimizations.

Experience performing Early Tech node analysis to identify implementation bottlenecks.

Design Technology Co-optimization expertise.

Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and communicate high return on investment opportunities.

Ability to apply data science and ML analytics for Frontend and Backend databases, as well as post-silicon data, to identify trends & patterns and fine-tune implementation methodologies.

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