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Physical Design Engineer - Advanced Technologies Group
AppleIsrael7+ years
Apply At Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Do you like changing the game? We have an opportunity for an exceptionally talented IP PD lead. As a member of our dynamic group, you will have the rare and rewarding opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple customers every single day.
This role is for an IP PD Engineer who will enable us to produce fully functional first silicon IP designs. The responsibilities include all phases of pre-silicon development from definition to high quality tape-out.
As a Physical Design Engineer, you will be in charge of all phases of physical design of high-performance IP design from RTL to the delivery of our final GDSII. Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to: creating full chip floorplan, including partitioning, power domains, and power grid planning and design. Develop and validate high-performance low-power clock network guidelines. Perform block-level place and route, and close the design to meet timing, area, and power constraints. Generate and implement ECOs to fix timing, noise, and EM IR violations. Run Physical design verification flow at the chip/block level. Participate in establishing CAD and physical design methodologies for correct-by-construction designs. Assist in flow development for chip integration.
- BS.c or MS.c in Electrical Engineering
- 7+ years of Physical Design experience on high-performance, low-power SOC
- Knowledge about industry standards and practices in Physical Design, including Physically aware synthesis, Floorplaning, and Place & Route
- Experience in developing and implementing Powergrid and Clock specifications
- Solid Understanding of all aspects of Physical construction, Integration, and Physical Verification
- Working Knowledge of Basic SoC Architecture and HDL languages like Verilog to be able to work with the logic design team on timing fixes
- Power user of industry-standard Physical Design & Synthesis tools
- Solid Understanding of scripting languages such as Perl/Tcl
- Working knowledge of Extraction and STA methodology and tools
- Good understanding of Physical Design Verification methodology to debug LVS/DRC issues at the chip/block level
- Strong communication skills, as the candidate will interface with a lot of different groups within the company
- Ability to work well in a team and be productive under a tight schedule
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