Circuits Implementation Engineer

Apple Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 150,400 - 277,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental

Retirement benefits

Stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking an Implementation Engineer within the Digital Custom Group to drive PPA targets for next-generation SOCs, including M2/A16 scale insights.

You will work across SRAM and custom circuit teams, validating specs and guiding design through feasibility to GDS release. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timing, power and area goals are met while maintaining high quality and on-schedule delivery.

Qualifications

• BS in a relevant field and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Define PPA targets for current and future tech nodes.
• Collaborate with SRAM and custom circuit teams to formulate design specifications.
• Perform Layout/Simulations to establish PPA trends.
• Finalize SRAMs and custom designs to be built for next SOCs/products.
• Coordinate with cross functional design teams to define specs, track dependencies and provide technical solutions.
• Track design development of SRAMs and other custom designs for schedule, spec closure, PPA & quality.

Skills

SoC design cycle

Custom circuits & SRAM/Register File

Leading/managing projects

Cache design/architecture

Industry-standard design tools

Nanometer device physics & leakage

Education

BS in a relevant field

Job description

Santa Clara, California, United States — Hardware

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll 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, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices.

Do you have a passion for crafting entirely new solutions? Be a part of a world-class silicon design team which delivered an incredible high performance M chip for our Mac line of products and chips for our flagship products (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Airpods, HomePod and Watch). As part of our Digital Custom Group (DCG), you and your team will apply engineering/process/technology fundamentals to define the PPA targets for next set of SOCs/products. In the implementation engineer role you will also track the PPA targets & development of all the custom/SRAM designs throughout the design cycle from feasibility to GDS. Join us, and you’ll help set the foundation that allows us to bring customers experiences they’ve never before envisioned!

Description

Imagine yourself at the center of our hardware development effort. You will collaborate with all fields, playing a strategic role of getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. You will have the opportunity to integrate and come up with new insights, work with a team of hardworking engineers, and implement groundbreaking techniques of circuit design in Apple’s marquee products like M2 and A16 Bionic. As an Implementation Engineer for the Digital Custom Group, you will perform the following:

• Design analysis to define PPA targets for current and future tech nodes.
• Work with an extraordinary SRAM and custom circuit team to formulate design specifications.
• Layout/Simulations to establish PPA trends.
• Finalize the list of SRAMs and custom designs to be built for next SOCs/products.
• Work with cross functional design teams to define specifications, track dependencies and provide technical solutions.
• Track design development of SRAMs & other custom designs for schedule, spec closure, PPA & quality.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in a relevant field and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Work experience within a SoC design cycle, developing custom circuits and SRAM/Register File for low power, low voltage and high performance.
• Leading/managing projects.
• Knowledge of Cache design/architecture, memory hierarchy and scripting is a huge plus.
• Solid understanding of industry-standard design tools.
• Deep understanding of nanometer device physics, leakage mechanisms, technology interactions with device behavior.

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 $150,400 and $277,600, 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 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.

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