Digital Circuit Design Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

3d • $174,149 - $218,000

About The Position

Apple Inc. is hiring a Digital Circuit Design Engineer for work in Cupertino, California, and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. The role develops circuits for chips and performs analysis, modeling, SPICE simulation, statistical design, and process-voltage-temperature (PVT) margin verification. The engineer collaborates with the layout team to complete designs and oversee layout quality, and develops circuit methodologies to meet design-quality metrics.

The position maintains low-voltage, low-power custom circuits and designs digital on-chip sensors and time-to-digital converters (TDCs). It uses tools for circuit design, static timing analysis, IR, and power flows. The engineer analyzes pre- and post-silicon data to identify circuit issues and develops transistor-aging methodology using SPICE simulations. The schedule is 40 hours per week.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical and Computer Engineering or a related field.
• Experience and/or education using schematic or layout editors, including Virtuoso, to work with CMOS circuits.
• Experience and/or education analyzing circuits through HSPICE or FastSPICE simulations for functionality and reliability.
• Experience and/or education performing silicon data analysis to confirm expected circuit behavior.
• Experience and/or education defining transistor-aging methodology and performing HSPICE simulations to verify design margins with aging.
• Experience and/or education using digital logic design for high-performance circuits.
• Experience and/or education applying analog circuit design to high-accuracy circuits.
• Experience and/or education applying analog circuit design to power-management integrated circuits.
• Experience and/or education using static timing analysis tools for timing characterization of integrated circuits.

Responsibilities

• Develop circuits for chips.
• Perform circuit analysis, modeling, SPICE simulation, statistical design, and PVT margin verification.
• Collaborate with the layout team to complete designs and oversee layout quality.
• Develop circuit methodology to achieve design-quality metrics.
• Maintain low-voltage, low-power custom circuits.
• Design digital on-chip sensors and time-to-digital converters (TDCs).
• Use tools for circuit design, static timing analysis, IR, and power flows.
• Analyze pre- and post-silicon data to root-cause circuit issues.
• Develop transistor-aging methodology using SPICE simulations.

Benefits

• Opportunity to participate in discretionary employee stock programs, including restricted stock unit awards.
• Option to purchase Apple stock at a discount through voluntary participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain education expenses, including tuition, for formal education related to advancing a career at Apple.
• Potential eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Potential relocation assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time