SoC STA/Timing Engineer — Drive Timing Closure

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas seeks a SoC Physical Design Engineer, STA/Timing, to own the timing closure for a highly complex SOC from netlist to tapeout using state-of-the-art process technologies. You will collaborate with design and PD teams to optimize timing and implement ECOs.

BS with 10+ years of relevant experience and strong Perl/TCL scripting skills are required, with Hands-on STA and timing closure expertise preferred for high-performance SoCs.

Qualifications

• BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience with large design STA and/or Timing Closure.
• Programming skills with Perl and TCL.

Responsibilities

• Work with design teams to understand and debug constraints and facilitate logic changes to improve timing.
• Work with the Physical Design team, highlighting issues and best practices.
• Help create timing ECO’s for project tapeout.
• Create and maintain scripts and methodologies for analysis and runs.
• Create documentation and help with guidelines/specs.
• Deep analysis of timing paths to identify key issues.
• Implement timing infrastructure.

Skills

STA experience

Timing closure

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Perl

TCL

Job description

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas seeks a SoC Physical Design Engineer, STA/Timing, to own the timing closure for a highly complex SOC from netlist to tapeout using state-of-the-art process technologies. You will collaborate with design and PD teams to optimize timing and implement ECOs.

BS with 10+ years of relevant experience and strong Perl/TCL scripting skills are required, with Hands-on STA and timing closure expertise preferred for high-performance SoCs.