ASIC Design Engineer – Fabric/Interconnect

Apple Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in California seeks an experienced RTL design engineer to design and integrate coherent and non-coherent fabrics for an SoC subsystem. You will own RTL development, templating, scripting and RTL generation while collaborating with multiple design groups to deliver results on schedule.

The role requires knowledge of cache coherency protocols, strong HDL and front-end tool experience, and a track record of delivering high-quality RTL designs for high-volume production.

Qualifications

• BS degree plus 3 years of relevant industry experience.
• Knowledge of cache coherency protocols (MESI, MOESI, directory-based coherence).
• Experience delivering large RTL designs for high-volume production.
• Experience with synthesis, power, performance and verification teams."
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with front-end tools including lint, CDC, and synthesis.

Responsibilities

• Design & integrate coherent and non-coherent fabrics into an SoC subsystem.
• Own RTL development, templating, scripting and RTL generation.
• Collaborate with other designers to deliver results.
• Integrate IP blocks and optimize memories/hard macros.
• Coordinate with front-end, power/performance and verification teams to meet timing.

Skills

Cache coherency

RTL design

Synthesis

Power & performance

Verification collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Front-end tools

Education

BS degree in EE or related field

Job description

At Apple, phenomenal ideas have a way of becoming great products and customer experiences very quickly. The industry is accustomed to Apple taping out the SOC’s for our various products at a rigorous pace. In order to achieve this, Apple’s best-in-class chip is driven by top notch design engineers who implement various blocks of the chip and deliver high quality components to SoC. This is a high transparency and critically important role and requires close working relationships with many groups and an organized approach to coordinate all tasks in parallel to hit schedules consistently with a quality design. Our position requires knowledge of interconnect fabrics and system memory hierarchy.

Description

Design & Integration of coherent and non-coherent fabrics into a subsystem or SoC with good understanding of on-chip interconnect architectures (NoC topologies, crossbars, arbitration). Own all aspects of RTL development design, templating, scripting and RTL generation. Work and collaborate with other designers in the group to deliver results. Integrate common/shared IP blocks to design and optimize memories/hard macros required for the block. Work with front-end synthesis/STA teams to ensure timing for the block is met. Work with power/performance and functional verification team to ensure high quality of the block. Work with multi-disciplinary groups to make sure designs are delivered on time and with the highest quality by incorporating proper checks at every stage of the design process.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of BS + 3 years relevant industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of cache coherency protocols (MESI, MOESI, directory-based coherence) and memory hierarchy.
• A consistent track record of delivering large, sophisticated designs in high volume production for low power applications.
• Solid working experience with synthesis, power, performance and verification teams to develop and deliver high quality RTL design on time.
• Strong interpersonal skills, as the candidate will work with diverse groups within the company.
• Self-starter, highly motivated, highly organized, and schedule driven.
• Familiarity with all front-end tools including lint, CDC, synthesis.

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