Apple

Circuit Design Engineer - Library/Process Monitor

Apple$112K — $135K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with 3+ years of experience in circuit design
  • Experience in standard cells circuit development
  • Proven track record in circuit methodologies and their implementation
  • Leadership and mentorship experience in a small team setting
  • Interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration
  • Familiarity with standard cell layout and related design rules
  • Experience in complex Standard Cells and Power Management Cells design

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of high-performance, low-power optimized standard cells
  • Drive innovations in level shifters and retention designs
  • Identify new ideas for PPA enhancements
  • Collaborate with CPU, SOC, and GPU teams on integration needs
  • Oversee circuit QA checks and develop new methodologies
  • Coordinate with foundries on layout checker and iPDK requirements
  • Manage design migration and development for new tech nodes

Benefits

  • Work in a high-visibility role impacting product delivery
  • Engage in collaborative, cross-disciplinary projects
  • Opportunity to integrate and innovate with talented engineers
  • Contribute to cutting-edge technology in silicon design
  • Be at the forefront of SOC and circuit design advancements
Full Job Description
You will be part of an exciting silicon design group that is responsible for designing state-of-the-art ASICs. We have an extraordinary opportunity for Circuit Design Engineering Lead. In this highly visible role, you will be at the heart of a processor design effort, leading custom digital circuits team and library development, making a critical impact delivering products to market quickly.

Description

Imagine yourself at the center of our SOC design effort, collaborating with all disciplines, playing a strategic role of getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. You will have the opportunity to integrate and come-up with new ideas, as well as work with a team of talented engineers. As a Circuit Design Engineering Lead for the custom circuits team, you will perform the following:

- Drive development of high performance, low power optimized standard cells to improve design PPA.

- Drive development of optimal level shifters, retention designs, etc that cater to today's Low Power Design Requirements.

- Identify next generation of new ideas to drive PPA improvements further

- Engage with CPU, SOC and GPU teams on chip level integration requirements.

- Drive Circuit QA checks & analysis, develop new methodologies based on new design requirements.

- Work with foundries on DRM complaint layout checkers and iPDK requirements.

- Plan & drive development of designs like new circuits & tech node enablement.

- Manage migration to new PDK, PDV of standard cells & releases.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree + minimum of 3 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

We are looking for applicants with 3+ years of experience in Standard cells circuit development.

Proven experience in developing, driving & implementing circuit methodologies

Proven experience leading & mentoring a small team

Strong influence, excellent interpersonal skills & able to work with multi-functional teams

Knowledge of standard cell layout, DRM, DRC/LVS decks, PDV flows, Virtuoso.

Design experience in advanced tech node device behavior with understanding of layout rules.

Design experience in flop, complex Standard Cells design & Power Management Cells.

Knowledge of circuit robustness analysis

Experience in scripting in Perl and/or TCL.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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