Apple

Front End Engineer

Apple$182K — $272K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • 4 years experience in hardware design for GPUs or related fields
  • Expertise in computer architecture and cache design
  • Proficient in System Verilog or Verilog for RTL coding
  • Experienced with simulation tools like Verdi for debugging
  • Skilled in collaborating with physical design teams for timing closure
  • Understanding of low power ASIC design techniques

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop hardware for iPhone, iPad, and MacBook products
  • Define micro architecture specifications in collaboration with the architecture group
  • Implement RTL code based on architectural specifications
  • Compile test plans with verification team for comprehensive validation
  • Debug and optimize design to enhance performance and achieve targets
  • Quantify performance benefits from features and algorithms built in hardware
  • Coordinate with driver and app engineers to optimize GPU performance

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Employee stock purchase plan with discount
  • Educational expense reimbursement for career advancement
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commissions
  • Potential for relocation support
Full Job Description
APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Design and develop hardware for iPhone, iPad, and MacBook products. Develop functional unit used by GPU (graphics processing unit) hardware. Work with the architecture group to define the unit micro architecture specification. Implement RTL code for the design to follow the specification. Work with the verification team to compile the test plan for both functionality and performance validation. Conduct all the required debug to bring up the unit, closing coverage with the verification team. Quantify the performance benefit of the features and algorithms implemented in hardware. Debug performance issues to identify problems and optimize design to achieve the performance target. Work with driver, compiler and app engineers to improve GPU performance. Work with physical design team to close timing for the design unit. Optimize design to achieve optimal area and power goals. 40 hours/week. 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 $182,127 - $272,100/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. Master's Degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related field and 4 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. 4 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: Using computer architecture and multiple level cache design with the ability to write micro-architecture specifications Utilizing System Verilog or Verilog to write RTL for memory sub-system caching blocks in Graphics Processing Unit Utilizing simulation tools including Verdi for RTL bring up, debug, coverage closure, and performance verification Utilizing synthesis tools and collaborating with physical design team for timing closure and optimization Utilizing experience with Compressor and Decompressor Codec development and bringup Designing techniques for low power including logic depth reduction and clock gating, performance, and area optimization for efficient ASIC design Utilizing post-silicon debug to validate functionality on actual hardware. 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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