Senior GPU Top-Design Architect

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

Job summary

Apple’s UK GPU Design Centre seeks engineers to advance micro-architecture and RTL for critical top-level infrastructure IP. You will own IP blocks, drive design from concept through physical handoff, and contribute to GPU top-level assembly and integration.

The role involves reviewing RTL, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating across graphics architecture, verification, and physical design teams to meet performance, timing, area, and power goals.

Qualifications

• Expertise in design including logic synthesis.
• Expertise in SystemVerilog/VHDL and proficiency in revision control systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work across team boundaries under aggressive schedules.

Responsibilities

• Micro-architecture development (for owned IP and system-level improvements)
• IP design and synthesis (owned blocks)
• Design clocking and reset distribution, perform CDC/RDC verification
• Contribute to GPU top-level assembly/integration
• Debug and analyse top-level design issues
• Prepare deliverables for physical design handoff
• Codeline management, supporting multiple products & chips
• Review RTL implementations and mentor junior engineers

Skills

SystemVerilog/VHDL

Revision control systems

Problem-solving

Tools

Python

Ruby

Tcl

Job description

Apple’s UK GPU Design Centre seeks engineers to advance micro-architecture and RTL for critical top-level infrastructure IP. You will own IP blocks, drive design from concept through physical handoff, and contribute to GPU top-level assembly and integration.

The role involves reviewing RTL, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating across graphics architecture, verification, and physical design teams to meet performance, timing, area, and power goals.