Physical Design Engineer

Apple • Beaverton, TX

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About The Position

As a member of Apple’s team, the Physical Design Engineer will contribute to all phases of physical design for high-performance PHY designs, from RTL through delivery of the final GDSII. The role is at the center of a PHY design effort and works with architecture, CAD, timing, and logic design teams to deliver outstanding PHY designs.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience, or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Deep design experience in high-performance PHY and/or SoC designs.
• Deep knowledge of industry standards and practices in physical design, including physically aware synthesis, floor-planning, and place and route.
• Experience developing and implementing power-grid and clock specifications.
• Strong understanding of physical construction, integration, and physical verification.
• Knowledge of basic SoC architecture and HDL languages such as Verilog, with ability to work with the logic design team on timing fixes.
• Proficiency with industry-standard physical design and synthesis tools.
• Deep understanding of scripting languages such as Perl and Tcl.
• Solid understanding of extraction and STA methodologies and tools.
• Deep understanding of physical design verification methodology to debug LVS/DRC issues at chip or block level.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all phases of physical design for high-performance PHY designs, from RTL to final GDSII delivery.
• Work with architecture, CAD, timing, and logic design teams on PHY design.
• Perform physical design of PHY designs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior