Circuit Design Engineer — Low-Power ASICs

Apple Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 145,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock programs

Education reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in our Silicon Engineering Group seeks highly motivated engineers to join our team.

You will be part of an exciting silicon design group and help build state-of-the-art ASICs, collaborating with disciplines and driving impactful work that reaches millions of customers. In this role you will develop custom circuits to improve power efficiency, define specifications with power teams and architects, perform design and spice verification across PVT, and work with layout to ensure

Qualifications

• Experience in design of low voltage custom circuits circuit
• Good understanding of deep submicron device physics, leakage mechanisms, technology interactions with device behavior
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python /Perl or others) and CAD automation tools.
• Knowledge of industry standard circuit simulation and design tools
• Masters or PhD in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Develop custom circuits to improve chip power efficiency.
• Work with power team, PD and architects to define specifications and requirements.
• Perform design, analysis, modeling/simulation, circuit level specifications, schematic capture, spice simulation / margin verification across PVT, statistical design, functional verification and silicon bring up.
• Work closely with layout team to complete the design and oversee the layout quality.
• Develop / drive circuit methodology to achieve the highest design quality metrics.

Skills

Low voltage circuits

Device physics

Python scripting

CAD automation tools

Circuit simulation tools

Machine learning accelerators

SRAM circuits

Non-volatile memories

DC/DC converters

Digital on-chip sensors

High speed clocking

Time to digital converters

Education

Masters or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

EDA tools

Spice simulators

Job description

Apple Inc. in our Silicon Engineering Group seeks highly motivated engineers to join our team.

You will be part of an exciting silicon design group and help build state-of-the-art ASICs, collaborating with disciplines and driving impactful work that reaches millions of customers. In this role you will develop custom circuits to improve power efficiency, define specifications with power teams and architects, perform design and spice verification across PVT, and work with layout to ensure