Apple

Layout/Mask Designer

Apple$110K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field
  • 5 years of experience in layout floor-planning and hierarchical layout assembly
  • Proficient in CADENCE Virtuoso layout design tools
  • Strong understanding of RC delay, electromigration, self-heating, and cross capacitance issues
  • Experience interpreting CALIBRE DRC, ERC, LVS reports
  • Ability to identify failure-prone layout structures and collaborate with designers
  • Expertise in designing low noise, low power data-path or memory layout structures

Responsibilities

  • Design complex custom layouts for digital circuits in deep SubMicron CMOS technologies
  • Review and analyze floorplans and collaborate with circuit designers
  • Run layout design verification tools on megacells
  • Plan and schedule work with circuit design teams, negotiating layout tradeoffs
  • Interpret LVS, DRC, and ERC reports to enhance layout completion efficiency
  • Utilize advanced CAD tools for layout corrections and physical design representation
  • Perform EMIR simulations and apply fixes to ensure robust power delivery

Benefits

  • 40-hour work week
  • Opportunity to work with advanced CAD tools and design technologies
  • Collaboration in multi-functional teams
  • Exposure to complex circuit design and layout challenges
Full Job Description
Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Austin, Texas. Design complex custom layout for digital circuits in deep SubMicron CMOS technologies. Review and analyze floorplans and complex circuits with circuit designers. Run a complete set of layout design verification tools available on megacells . Work with the circuit design team to plan, schedule work and negotiate layout tradeoffs as needed. Interpret LVS, DRC and ERC report to find the fastest way to complete layouts. Utilize advanced CAD tools, mask design knowledge to layout corrections and robust physical design representation of circuits. Utilize advanced layout techniques to come up with best-in-class PPA for critical designs. Perform EMIR simulations and apply necessary fixes to achieve robust power delivery. Review the layouts designed by peers and provide improvement recommendations. Utilize automated P&R tools to speed up the layout execution of digital designs. 40 hours/week.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and foreign equivalent in electrical engineering or a related field and five (5) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation.

5 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:

Layout floor-planning, standard cell planning and hierarchical layout assembly.

Understanding of issues with RC delay, electromigration, self-heating and cross capacitance.

Recognizing failure prone layout structures, dedicatedly working with designers for the best approach to problems.

Designing and validating a robust PG grid using IR simulations tools.

Collaborating and communicating effectively with multi-functional teams.

Interpreting CALIBRE DRC, ERC, LVS reports.

Using CADENCE virtuoso layout design tools.

Designing low noise, low power data-path or Memory layout structures.

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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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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