ASIC Design and Integration Engineer

Apple; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 313,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks an ASIC Design and Integration Engineer in Santa Clara, California. The role involves designing memory systems and architectures, requiring a Bachelor's degree and extensive experience in ASIC design. Join a team dedicated to innovation and excellence in hardware technology.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Tuition reimbursement for formal education

Discretionary bonuses or commission payments

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in ASIC design.
• Experience in memory system architectures.
• Knowledge of DRAM controller and PHY architecture is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop memory hierarchies for high performance parallel computer architectures.
• Work with performance team to develop performance/power simulators.
• Explore architecture trade-offs in system performance.

Skills

Architecture research

RTL/micro-architecture

High-performance memory subsystem

Performance characterization

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

ASIC Design and Integration Engineer

**Santa Clara, California, United States**

**Hardware**

**Summary**

Posted: **May 22, 2025**

Role Number: **200605961**

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new insights have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Sophisticated, hard-working people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next excellent Apple product.

Do you enjoy working on challenges that no one has solved yet? As a member of our complex group, you will get the outstanding and rewarding opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple’s customers every single day. Are you ready to join a team transforming hardware technology? We are searching for a dedicated engineer to join our exciting team of problem solvers.

**Description**

The ideal candidate will have experience in ASIC design with:
- Architecture research and/or development of memory or highly interconnected system architectures.
- RTL/micro-architecture.
- Knowledge of high-performance memory subsystem, including dram controller, PHY architecture and design, DFI interface and dram interface calibration/training mechanisms and algorithms is a plus.
- Systems experience in characterizing performance, doing comparison studies, and documenting and publishing results.

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ Bachelor's Degree with +10 Years of Experience

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Drive new memory system architectures from DRAM up.

+ Explore architecture and feature trade-offs in system performance, area, and power consumption.

+ Develop memory hierarchies for high performance parallel computer architectures. (system-on-a-chip SOC).

+ Work with performance team to develop performance/power simulators, models and test suites.

**Pay & Benefits**

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more about Apple Benefits. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

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