SRAM Circuit Design Engineer

Apple, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 278.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical & dental

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Bonus programs

Descripción de la vacante

Apple, Inc. is seeking an SRAM Circuit Designer in Santa Clara, CA, to design and implement custom SRAM circuits for high-performance SoC designs used in flagship products.

You will work with an extraordinary team to define architecture/topologies optimizing power, timing, area and yield, and collaborate closely with RTL, layout and verification engineers. The role requires a BS degree and at least 3 years of relevant industry experience, with strong knowledge of SRAM, memory hierarchy, and RTL

Formación

• BS degree and 3+ years in memory or ASIC design.
• Experience with SRAM architectures and memory hierarchy.
• Proficient RTL modeling and verification.
• Knowledge of nanometer device physics and leakage.
• Experience with ML or scripting is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Design and implement SRAM circuits.
• Define architectures for power, timing, area.
• Collaborate with RTL, layout and verification teams.
• Support post-silicon debugging and productization.

Conocimientos

SRAM design

RTL modeling

Low power design

ASIC/SoC knowledge

Scripting (Python)

DFT/Verification

Educación

B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field

Herramientas

Industry-standard design tools

Descripción del empleo

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

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.

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• retirement benefits
• a range of discounted products and free services
• reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
• discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation

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