Apple

FE Engineer

Apple • $110K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • 2 years of experience in SoC design or related roles
  • Proficient in Verilog/System Verilog for subsystem design
  • Experience with programming/scripting languages like C++/Python/Perl
  • Familiarity with SoC interconnect protocols (AHB/AXI) and CPU architectures (ARM/RISCV)
  • Skilled in using source code management tools (Perforce/GitHub)
  • Ability to analyze timing reports and optimize RTL logic for performance

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with architecture team to define microarchitecture hierarchy and interfaces
  • Develop and refine microarchitecture specifications through team reviews
  • Create RTL designs for multiple blocks based on established guidelines
  • Own all aspects of RTL development and ensure design quality
  • Integrate shared IP blocks and optimize memory/hard macros
  • Work with synthesis/STA teams to meet timing requirements
  • Coordinate with multi-disciplinary groups to ensure timely delivery of high-quality designs

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on innovation
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in SoC design
  • Access to professional development and training resources
  • Engagement with multi-disciplinary teams for diverse project exposure
  • Potential for career advancement within a leading tech company
Full Job Description
Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Austin, Texas. Work with architecture team to define the design microarchitecture hierarchy and interfaces and develop microarchitecture spec. Refine the spec with reviews with other teams. Develop RTL design of one or more blocks following established design guidelines based on microarchitecture spec. Own all aspects of RTL development design. Work and collaborate with other designers in the group to deliver results. Integrate common/shared IP blocks to design and optimize memories/hard macros required for the block. Work with front-end synthesis/STA teams to ensure timing for the block is met. Work with power/performance and functional verification team to ensure high quality of the block. Work with multi-disciplinary groups to make sure designs are delivered on time and with highest quality by incorporating proper checks at every stage of the design process.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or a related field and

Experience and/or education must include:

2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

Translating SoC architecture requirements into microarchitecture specifications describing the functionality of the blocks within the subsystem being designed.

Coding in Verilog/System Verilog to design subsystems within the System on Chip to meet power/performance and area targets

Utilizing programming and/or scripting languages such as C++/Python/Perl to automate design development

Defining verification requirements for the subsystems designed such that verification test-cases can be written to ensure correctness of the design

Implementing industry standard SoC interconnect protocols such as AHB/AXI, CPU architecture (ARM/RISCV) and peripherals used in SoC development

Utilizing source code management tools such as Perforce/GitHub

Understanding and editing gate level netlists in order to make logical transformations to fix functional bugs in the design

Analyzing timing reports and translating this information into RTL logic changes in order to fix timing issues within the design

Analyzing static and dynamic power consumption within the design and making design optimizations to minimize power consumption within the subsystem.

Preferred Qualifications

N/A

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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Learn more about Apple
Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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