Early Career - GPU Physical Design Engineer

Apple; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple in Cambridge, United Kingdom, is seeking a highly skilled physical design engineer to help implement complete chip designs from RTL to tape-out for GPUs. You will work with the Front-End team to understand architecture and drive the PD flow, focusing on performance, power and area while navigating complex timing and signoff tasks in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires a strong background in Synthesis, floorplanning, Place & Route, and power distribution, with the ability to solve

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or equivalent required.
• Experience in ASIC implementation including Synthesis, DFT insertion, Floorplanning, Clock/Power distribution, Place & Route, and timing/electrical/physical signoff.
• Strong fundamentals in PD flows and signoff processes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Front-End to understand chip architecture and drive physical design early in the cycle.
• Drive PD construction and optimization for performance, power and area (PPA).
• Develop guidelines and checklists to streamline PD work and track progress.
• Be focal point for place and route, plan short and long-term work, and manage dependencies.
• Resolve design and flow issues related to physical design and drive execution.

Skills

Synthesis

DFT insertion

Floorplanning

Place & Route

Timing signoff

Physical signoff

Education

BSc/MSEE/MEng/PhD or equivalent

Job description

Summary

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you will help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient Graphics processors (GPUs). You will ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and expertly handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you will be crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple's devices. Together, we enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. This role requires a mix of strategic engineering along with hands-on, technical work. You will be responsible for implementing complete chip designs from RTL to tape-out.

Description

Are you a confident problem solver who thrives under pressure to find new, creative solutions? Are you ready to help chart the future of Apple's ecosystem? If so, we are excited to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Front-End team to understand chip architecture and drive physical aspects early in design cycle.
• Drive best in class Physical Design construction and optimization recipes for performance, power and Area (PPA).
• Collaborate to drive methodologies and "best known methods" to streamline PD work, come up with guidelines and checklists, drive execution and track progress.
• Be focal point for place and route drive the work among place and route engineers, set goals and breakthroughs, plan short and long-term work, understand dependencies between different domains like top, STA, block Place & Route.
• Manage and resolve design and flow issues related to physical design, identify potential solutions and drive execution.

Minimum Qualifications

• BSc/MSEE/MEng/PhD or equivalent is required
• Exposure in any aspects of ASIC implementation including Synthesis, DFT insertion, Floorplanning, Clock and Power distribution, Place & Route and all aspects of timing, electrical and physical signoff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-voltage, power gated and power retention will be an advantage.
• Knowledge with hierarchical design approach, top-down design, budgeting, timing and physical convergence will be an asset.
• Familiar with various process-related design issues including Design for Yield and Manufacturability, multi Vt strategies and thermal management.

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Role Number: 200687224-1251