Apple

CPU CDC/RDC/STA Engineer

Apple$120K — $160K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum BS degree in related field
  • 10+ years of industry experience
  • Proficient in Clock-Domain Crossing (CDC) and Reset Domain Crossing (RDC)
  • Experience with Synopsys or Real Intent tool
  • Scripting proficiency in TCL or Perl
  • Familiarity with Verilog and SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA)
  • Knowledge of tools like Spyglass, VC-Static, PrimeTime, or Meridian is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Develop, enhance, and maintain CDC and RDC sign-offs for CPU designs
  • Collaborate with RTL and DV teams to suggest necessary System Verilog assertions
  • Identify CDC/RDC issues and propose solutions to RTL teams
  • Enhance key STA checks and manage sign-offs for CPU designs
  • Debug vendor tool problems and collaborate with designers for resolutions
  • Coordinate with EDA vendor representatives to advance methodologies
  • Engage with RTL, Verification, CAD, and Physical Design teams for effective solutions

Benefits

  • Dynamic work environment promoting innovation
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Work alongside industry-leading professionals
  • Access to advanced technological resources
  • Commitment to sustainability and positive global impact
Full Job Description
As a CPU CDC/RDC/STA Engineer, you will play a major role analyzing the design and driving fixes as well as developing, maintaining and improving our Lint, Clock Domain Crossing (CDC), Reset Domain Crossing (RDC) and Static Timing Analysis (STA) constraints and methodology for our CPUs across multiple design sites.

Description

In this role, you will be:
• Responsible for developing, improving, and maintaining the CDC and RDC sign-offs for CPU designs
• Working with RTL and DV teams to recommend System Verilog assertions needed to support CDC/RDC/STA constraints and assumptions
• Highlighting to the RTL team any CDC/RDC issues and recommending solutions to them and educating them on CDC/RDC issues and the importance of structurally safe solutions to each issue
• Responsible for developing, enhancing, and maintaining key STA checks and associated sign-offs for our CPUs including things needed to complement CDC/RDC
• Responsible for debugging vendor tool problems and collaborate with designers to help solve their problems
• Working closely with EDA vendor representatives to drive improvements and new methodologies
• Working closely with RTL, Verification, CAD, and Physical Design teams

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience

Experience with Clock-Domain Crossing (CDC) and Reset Domain Crossing (RDC)

Experience with at least one of the following: Synopsys or Real Intent tool

Scripting experience in TCL or Perl

Experience in Verilog

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) and Design Verification (DV) Simulations

Experience in multi-clock-domain RTL design

Knowledge in Spyglass, VC-Static, PrimeTime, or Meridian is a plus

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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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
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+11.5%
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$294.1 billion
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