Circuit Design Lead

Apple • San Diego, CA

74d

About The Position

Do you want to utilize your engineering background to make big things happen? Can you influence, connect, get results and communicate effectively? Can you deliver on a predictable and dynamic schedule? Do you have a passion for crafting entirely new solutions? Do you love building without precedent? As part of our Digital Design Engineering group, you'll take imaginative and revolutionary ideas and determine how to turn them into reality. You and your team will apply engineering fundamentals and start from scratch if needed, bringing visionary ideas to the real world. Your efforts will be groundbreaking, often literally. Join us, and you'll help design the tools that allow us to bring customers experiences they've never before envisioned. Be a part of an exciting silicon design group that is responsible for crafting 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.

Requirements

• 10 years of experience in Standard cells circuit development
• Proven experience in developing, driving & implementing circuit methodologies
• Proven experience leading and 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

Responsibilities

• Lead & mentor small team of highly talented circuit design engineers & provide technical guidance
• Drive the 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 compliant layout checkers and iPDK requirements
• Plan and drive development of designs like new circuits & tech node enablement
• Manage migration to new PDK, PDV of standard cells & releases

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees