Physical Design Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Knowledge of and implementation experience with Innovus and Fusion Compiler APR tools.
• Experience tuning flows and methodologies and improving design power, performance, and area.
• Knowledge of static timing analysis and timing convergence techniques.
• Knowledge of IR/IVD analysis and violation-fixing techniques.
• LVC/DRC debugging and fixing skills.
• Physical-design experience on technology nodes at 7nm and beyond, and knowledge of modern CMOS technology and basic fabrication.
• Experience with block-level design, including floorplanning, placement, clock-tree synthesis, routing, and ECO steps.
• Knowledge of power-lowering design techniques, including clock gating, power gating, and multi-voltage-domain design.
• Scripting skills in Tcl, Perl, and Python, including automation.
• Understanding of top-down and bottom-up design approaches and ability to handle inter-block timing and PDV-related issues.

Responsibilities

• Work with the logic design team to understand partition architecture and drive physical aspects early in the design cycle.
• Complete netlist-to-GDS2 implementation for partitions, meeting schedule and design goals.
• Perform timing, physical, and electrical verification and drive signoff closure for partitions.
• Resolve physical-design and flow issues, identify potential solutions, and drive execution.

Benefits

• Opportunity to participate in discretionary employee stock programs, including discretionary restricted stock unit awards.
• Opportunity 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 educational expenses, including tuition, for formal education related to career advancement at Apple.
• May be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• May be eligible for relocation.