Custom Timing Engineer

Apple • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Imagine yourself at the center of our hardware development effort. Where you
will collaborate with all fields, playing a strategic role of getting functional
products to millions of customers quickly. You will have the opportunity to
integrate and come up with new insights, as well as work with a team of
hardworking engineers. As a Circuit Timing Engineer for the custom digital team, you will develop timing models and methodology and will perform the following: - Enable global directives to ensure proper timing of innovative circuit
topologies. - Provide a link between circuit designers, tool developers and chip
level timing to validate transistor level timing accuracy and timing test
correctness. - Develop timing methodology that is crucial to support billions of
Apple devices providing high performance in a very small power envelope

Requirements

• BS and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience

Nice To Haves

• We are looking for applicants with 10+ years of proven experience in transistor level static timing analysis and noise flows as well as the following: Expertise and in depth knowledge of industry standard STA tools, Nanotime and Primetime.
• Experience in timing constraints generation & management, and timing convergence in the CPU environment.
• Familiarity with custom memory designs (SRAM/ register file / dynamic circuits).
• Ability to perform spice simulations for correlation to static timing and noise results.
• Expertise in analyzing and converging crosstalk delay and noise glitch in deep submicron processes.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Scripting skills for flow automation; experience with tcl is a plus.
• Knowledge of industry standard circuit and design tools.
• MSEE preferred

Responsibilities

• Enable global directives to ensure proper timing of innovative circuit topologies.
• Provide a link between circuit designers, tool developers and chip level timing to validate transistor level timing accuracy and timing test correctness.
• Develop timing methodology that is crucial to support billions of Apple devices providing high performance in a very small power envelope

What This Job Offers

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