SRAM Circuit Design Engineer

Apple Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Santa Clara, California, is seeking an SRAM Circuit Designer to join the Digital Custom Group.

You will design and implement custom SRAM circuits, collaborate with a top-tier IPC/logic team, and drive architecture optimization for power and performance across Apple’s SoC efforts. The role requires a BS degree with at least 3 years of industry experience, strong RTL and design-tool proficiency, and a passion for silicon-level debugging.

Qualifications

• BS degree with at least 3 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience in SoC design cycles and SRAM design for low power/high performance.
• Knowledge of cache design and memory hierarchy.
• Proficiency with RTL modeling.
• Strong knowledge of design tools and nanometer device physics.
• Ability to devise experiments and analyze data for silicon debug.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement custom digital circuits for SRAM design.
• Collaborate with logic/architecture team to formulate design specifications.
• Define architecture/topologies optimizing for power, timing, area and yield.
• Schematic capture, simulations/analysis, margin verifications.
• Functional equivalency and DFT modeling.
• Work with layout team to create optimal GDS and verify extracted GDS.

Skills

SoC design

SRAM design

RTL modeling

Memory hierarchy

Low power design

Machine Learning

Scripting

Design tools

Device physics

Education

BS degree

Tools

Schematic capture tools

Simulation tools

DFT modeling

Job description

Santa Clara, California, United States Hardware

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 M1 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’ll take imaginative and revolutionary ideas and determine how to turn them into reality! You and your team will apply engineering fundamentals and start from scratch if needed, bringing forward-thinking ideas to the real world. Join us, and you’ll help design the foundation that allows us to bring customers experiences they’ve never before envisioned!This is a highly visible role at the heart of a silicon design effort, making a critical impact delivering products to market quickly. Your designs will strongly influence CPU / GPU / SoC / Neural Engine / Camera designs in Apple's Custom Silicon group.

Description

Imagine yourself at the center of our hardware development effort. Where 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 Machine Learning, Circuit design in Apple’s marquee products like M1 and A14 Bionic.As an SRAM Circuit Designer for the Digital Custom Group, you will perform the following:- Design and implement custom digital circuits for SRAM design.- Work with an extraordinary logic/architecture team to formulate design specifications.- Define architecture/topologies optimizing for power, timing, area and yield.- Schematic capture, simulations/analysis, margin verifications.- Functional equivalency and DFT modeling.- Work with layout team to create optimal GDS.- Verify extracted GDS meets design specifications.- Backend verification, IR/EM- Write RTL, validate use-cases, verify against design schematics.- Support post-silicon effort to enable productization.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• We are looking for applicants with work experience within a SoC design cycle, developing circuits and SRAM/Register File for low power, low voltage and high performance.
• Knowledge of Cache design/architecture, memory hierarchy is a huge plus.
• Working knowledge of RTL modeling.
• Solid understanding of industry-standard design tools.
• Deep understanding of nanometer device physics, leakage mechanisms, technology interactions with device behavior.
• Ability to devise experiments and analyze data for silicon debug.
• Machine Learning algorithms (ML) and scripting is a big plus.

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 for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, 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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Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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