SRAM Digital Design Engineer - RTL, CAD & Verification

Apple; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple in Austin, TX seeks a design engineer to design and implement SRAM circuits. You will collaborate with an exceptional logic/architecture team to optimize power, timing, area and yield, perform schematic captures, simulations and margin verifications, and support post-silicon productization.

Proficiency with CAD tools and SRAM design is required; Master’s degree preferred. Join a team delivering cutting-edge memory solutions in a fast paced environment with strong emphasis on quality and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical and Computer Engineering or related field.
• Proficiency with CAD tools for design entry and analysis (Cadence Virtuoso, Spice, Layout tools, Skill, Model Sim, Digital P&R).
• Experience debugging simulation failures and chip simulations for logical and timing verification.
• Knowledge of device physics and transistor-level circuit optimization.
• SRAM design experience to build and evaluate memory circuits.
• Ability to analyze circuits and SPICE simulations to ensure robust operation.
• Experience with waveform viewers (SpiceExplorer or WaveView) to verify circuit logic and timing.
• Experience with static timing analysis of SRAM designs using NanoTime, PrimeTime or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement custom digital circuits for SRAM.
• Formulate design specifications with the architecture/logic team.
• Define architectures optimizing power, timing, area and yield.
• Perform schematic capturing, simulations/analysis, and margin verifications.
• DFT modeling and functional equivalency verification.
• Collaborate with layout to produce optimal GDS.
• Verify extracted GDS meets design specs; backend verification of layout.
• Write RTL and validate use-cases against schematics.
• Support post-silicon activities to enable productization.

Skills

SRAM design

Circuit analysis

Timing verification

Device physics knowledge

Education

Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Cadence Virtuoso

Spice

Layout tools

Skill language

ModelSim

Digital P&R

compilers

simulators

WaveView

SpiceExplorer

PrimeTime

NanoTime

Job description

Apple in Austin, TX seeks a design engineer to design and implement SRAM circuits. You will collaborate with an exceptional logic/architecture team to optimize power, timing, area and yield, perform schematic captures, simulations and margin verifications, and support post-silicon productization.

Proficiency with CAD tools and SRAM design is required; Master’s degree preferred. Join a team delivering cutting-edge memory solutions in a fast paced environment with strong emphasis on quality and