VLSI CAD Engineer - PPA-Driven Design & Tools

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Education reimbursement

Comprehensive medical coverage

Job summary

APPLE INC in Cupertino is seeking a CAD-focused Physical Design Engineer to tackle key design challenges and develop flows, tools, and methodologies for implementation and signoff across multiple projects.

Collaborate with RTL, verification, RC extraction, IR and STA teams; work with EDA vendors; contribute ML-based solutions to improve PPA, productivity, and deployment of new technology nodes, with a 40-hour workweek.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related field with 2 years of experience.
• Experience with physical design tools to create final designs from scratch and tool option decisions.
• Coding skills in TCL and Python for algorithms and tool interactions.
• Knowledge of VLSI design and logic optimization requirements.
• Experience using EDA tools to improve Power, Performance and Area (PPA) with STA and Layout Verification.
• Experience executing blocks or developing design methodology and providing EDA support.
• Interaction with STA and Layout Verification teams in CAD environments.
• Exposure to process nodes including newer nodes like N7.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to tackle key physical design challenges.
• Develop implementation and signoff flows for multiple projects and design teams.
• Develop and maintain custom CAD tools for implementation and signoff.
• Create flows to enable deployment of new technology nodes.
• Collaborate with RTL, verification, RC extraction, IR and STA teams.
• Work with EDA tool vendors to resolve tool issues and identify improvements.
• 40 hours/week.

Skills

Physical Design

VLSI Design

EDA Tools

Python

TCL

Machine Learning

STA

Layout Verification

Process Nodes N7

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

EDA Tools

Machine Learning with EDA

Job description

APPLE INC in Cupertino is seeking a CAD-focused Physical Design Engineer to tackle key design challenges and develop flows, tools, and methodologies for implementation and signoff across multiple projects.

Collaborate with RTL, verification, RC extraction, IR and STA teams; work with EDA vendors; contribute ML-based solutions to improve PPA, productivity, and deployment of new technology nodes, with a 40-hour workweek.