ASIC Design Engineer - IP Integration & Implementation

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental cover

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking an experienced ASIC Design Engineer for the Pixel IP design team. You will tackle complex subsystem integration, write RTL, and collaborate across architecture, design, and verification to deliver high-performance, low-power pixel processing engines.

The role requires 10+ years in IP/SoC design with experience in timing closure, AMBA protocols, and power-aware design. Base pay ranges from $184,700 to $324,800, depending on location and experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong IP/SoC design experience with integration at chip or subsystem level.
• Experience with ASIC/FPGA design methodologies, timing closure, and floorplanning.

Responsibilities

• Write micro-architectural and integration specifications.
• Develop RTL with embedded assertions and cover points.
• Collaborate with physical design teams to optimize timing, area, and power.
• Work with verification teams to debug functionality and performance.
• Coordinate deliverables to align with project goals.

Skills

IP/SoC design

Timing closure

Clock domain design

Scripting (Python)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

AMBA protocols (AXI/AHB/APB)

UPF power intent

RTL/HDL design tools

Job description

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? As part of our Hardware Technologies group, you’ll help design our next‑generation, high‑performance, power‑efficient system‑on‑chips (SoCs). You will ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions! Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, we will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices! In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of the Pixel IP design effort to capture and display beautiful images and video. You will collaborate with all disciplines, making a critical impact getting functional products to millions of customers quickly.

Description

As an ASIC Design Engineer in the Pixel IP design team, you be responsible for complex subsystem integration and implementation. You will work closely with architecture, design, and verification teams to build high performance and low power pixel processing engines. You will have responsibilities spanning all aspects of multimedia IP design. In this front‑end design role, your tasks will include:

• Writing detailed micro‑architectural and integration specifications.
• Perform digital hardware design by writing high‑quality RTL, with embedded assertions and cover points.
• Working with physical design teams to optimize timing, area, and power for our designs in silicon.
• Ensuring that our designs follow industry best practices for handling power, clock, and reset domains.
• Working closely with design verification and formal verification teams to debug and verify functionality and performance.
• Working independently and manage deliverables to align with the project goals and support cross‑functional engineering efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep experience in IP/SoC design, integration at the chip or subsystem level, and implementation.
• Industry exposure to and knowledge of ASIC/FPGA design methodology, especially logic synthesis, static timing analysis, logic equivalence checking, and working with physical design teams for floorplanning and timing closure.
• Experience with system design methodologies that contain multiple clock and reset domains.
• Familiarity with common on‑chip bus protocols such as AMBA (AXI, AHB, APB).
• Experience in low‑power design issues, tools, and methodologies including UPF power intent specification highly desired.
• Industry exposure to and knowledge of ASIC design methodology including familiarity with relevant scripting languages (Python, Perl, TCL).
• Experience in datapath and pixel‑centric designs a plus.
• Strong collaboration skills, with excellent written and verbal communication.

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 $184,700 and $324,800, 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.

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• A range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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