CPU Implementation Feasibility Engineer

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a CPU Implementation Feasibility Engineer to shape the next generation of Apple silicon. You will work with RTL to turn ambitious microarchitectural ideas into buildable, high-performance, low-power designs.

Join Silicon Engineering Group in Austin to perform feasibility experiments, evaluate RTL, and collaborate across teams to optimize area, timing, power, and reliability for state-of-the-art CPUs.

Qualifications

• BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience with VLSI implementation on high performance designs.

Responsibilities

• Define the CPU and memory subsystem with microarchitects and perform feasibility experiments.
• Assess area, frequency, performance and power trade-offs for RTL.
• Drive RTL-to-GDS flow through synthesis/place-and-route with ambitious power, performance, and area targets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement and validate physical design (timing, area, power, testability, reliability).
• Conduct floor planning experiments to assess microarchitectural feasibility for high-performance targets.

Skills

CPU microarchitecture

RTL implementation

Power analysis

Static timing analysis

DV/LEC tools

Power-area-tradeoffs

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree (BS)

Tools

LEC tools

STA tools

Power analysis tools

Job description

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring your passion and dedication, and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Here, dynamic people and innovative technologies are the norm - the engineers on our teams have reinvented entire industries through Apple hardware. That same drive for innovation extends to how we work, and to our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Apple's Silicon Engineering Group (SEG) is looking for talented engineers to join our CPU implementation feasibility team. You'll help shape the next generation of Apple silicon from the earliest stages, working with RTL on turning ambitious microarchitectural ideas into buildable, high-performance, low-power designs.

Description

As a CPU Implementation Feasibility Engineer you will be working extensively with micro architects to help define the CPU and memory subsystem and performing feasibility experiments. Responsibilities also include but are not limited to:

• Performing different feasibility experiments for RTL innovations and improvements that drive the next generation high performance and low power chips
• Making area, frequency, performance and power trade-offs
• Driving RTL-to-GDS flow through synthesis/place-and-route with ambitious goals for power, performance, and area
• Working with multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate physical design on the aspects of timing, area, power, testability, and reliability
• Performing different floor planning experiments to understand the microarchitectural feasibility for achieving high targets for performance, power and area

Minimum Qualifications

• BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• Experience with VLSI implementation on high performance designs

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of CPU microarchitecture
• Experience with critical path closure techniques
• Understanding of static timing analysis and power
• Physical Design Fundamentals
• Implementation experience on high performance CPU designs
• Understanding of low power microarchitecture and implementation techniques for CPUs
• Experience with Logical Equivalence checking (LEC) tools
• Experience with Power analysis tools
• Experience with Static Timing Analysis Tools
• Deep understanding of power, performance and area tradeoffs
• Strong communication and ability to influence architectural decisions with data

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