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Apple SoC Physical Design Engineer Top Level United States, California, Sunnyvale 293320538
10.08.2024
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Description
• 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.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- 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.
- Experience integrating IP from both internal and external vendors and be able to specify and drive IP requirements in the physical domain.
- Understanding of database management issues.
- From a CAD tool perspective, experience with floorplanning tools, P&R flows, global timing verification and physical design verification flows.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiar with a hierarchical design approach, top-down design, budgeting, timing and physical convergence.
- Experience with large SoC designs (>20M gates) with frequencies in excess of 1GHz using innovative sub 7nm technologies.
- Familiar with various process-related design issues including Design for Yield and Manufacturability, multi Vt strategies, and thermal Mgt.
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 $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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.
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