SEG PMU Engineer

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. seeks a talented digital design engineer to craft complex digital IPs for Apple’s power management and system control ICs. You will own block level specifications and drive designs from concept through tapeout in collaboration with architects, verification, and analog teams.

Responsibilities include delivering IPs that meet area, power and performance targets, implementing in SystemVerilog, and working with DV and validation teams to develop test plans and qualifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
• Familiarity with power estimation tools and techniques.
• Familiarity with digital ASIC development flows and milestones.
• Solid understanding of low power design techniques.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex digital IP’s, meeting schedule, area, power, and performance targets.
• Collaborate in developing precise design specifications for digital control blocks.
• Implement physical design-ready blocks in SystemVerilog.
• Collaborate with project leads to track progress and gauge tapeout readiness.
• Work with DV teams to create verification plans.
• Work with silicon validation team in developing lab validation and qualification plans.

Skills

Digital design

SystemVerilog

Low power design

Clock domain crossing

Hardware collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Synthesis tools

Static timing tools

Job description

Join our team at Apple developing complex digital IP’s for Apple’s custom mixed-signal integrated circuits. We have already shipped hundreds of millions of chips into Apple’s existing product lines, and are developing new chips for future product lines! As a member of our mixed-signal ASIC team, you will be responsible for crafting sophisticated digital IPs for Apple power conversion and system management IC’s. You will work with the system architects, product teams, verification engineers, and analog designers in creating block level specifications and implementing the designs. You will own the creation of the blocks, and take them through the concept, implementation, and validation phases, and then into mass production. Learn and use state of the art digital ASIC development flows to implement your designs.We supply silicon to Apple’s industry leading hardware development teams, and collaborate closely with them. We have a close-knit, prolific team looking to add enthusiastic digital design engineers to develop new ASIC IP’s. We pride ourselves for being an especially diverse team that values new approaches to deliver creativity, high productivity, and industry leading results. Join us in building Apple’s next generation products. Do you want to be a part of building the “surprise and delight” in Apple’s future products?

Description

• Deliver complex digital IP’s, meeting schedule, area, power, and performance targets.
• Collaborate in developing precise design specifications for digital control blocks.
• Implement physical design ready blocks in System Verilog.
• Collaborate with project leads to track progress and gauge tapeout readiness.
• Work with DV teams to create verification plans.
• Work with silicon validation team in developing lab validation and qualification plans.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or higher in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
• Familiarity with power estimation tools and techniques.
• Familiarity with digital ASIC development flows and milestones.
• Solid understanding of low power design techniques.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing digital IP’s for SoC’s or mixed signal IC’s.
• Proven track record of delivering quality designs on schedule.
• Experience with synthesis and static timing tools.
• Expertise in Clock Domain Crossing design and verification techniques.

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