CPU Physical Electrical Analysis Engineer

Apple • Austin, TX

2d

About The Position

At Apple, new ideas quickly become extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences. The company values passion and dedication, leading to significant accomplishments and industry reinvention across all Apple Hardware products. This commitment to innovation extends to practices aimed at improving the world. The role of a CPU Physical Electrical Analysis Engineer involves driving block and top-level analysis for high-performance processor projects in the EMIR/SIGEM/Reliability domains, contributing to the delivery of groundbreaking Apple products.

Requirements

• Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• Experience with silicon level power delivery, electromigration, and IR drop analysis
• Experience with scripting of SAPR or EMIR flow automation for the efficient processing of large scale design and analysis data, debugging of issues, and isolating design sensitivities

Nice To Haves

• Experience implementing high-performance and low-power VLSI designs
• Experience with SAPR/PNR design flow infrastructure
• Understanding of challenges related to latest deep sub-micron technology
• Produce impactful design fixes and automate wherever possible, spanning multiple tool domains in physical construction and analysis
• Working knowledge of industry standard tools like Apache Redhawk and Cadence Voltus as well as PNR implementation, layout tools, verification, and STA
• Strong communication and presentation skills to regularly summarize the state of the design and drive design convergence across multiple blocks and teams in a timely fashion

Responsibilities

• Drive block and top-level EMIR/electrical verification closure
• Work on power grid design, construction, and implementation using existing infrastructures and where necessary, creating custom solutions in PNR tool environment
• Work multi-functionally with CAD/EDA vendors to ensure fidelity of analysis results with methodology teams to cover unique use cases, with implementation teams to drive design and sign-off closure, and with the SOC level teams to meet IP delivery quality and schedule

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees