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SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR

Apple Inc

  • Waltham, MA
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    In this highly visible role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to come up with efficient chip and IP physical architecture taking into account physical design constraints early in the design cycle. You will be responsible for all aspects of physical design implementation from RTL2GDS including PnR, bump/RDL, STA, physical verification, EMIR, sign-off.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationWaltham, MA
    IndustryComputer/IT Services
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1976
    Websitehttps://www.apple.com/jobs

    Description

    We are seeking a seasoned Physical Design technical leader with deep expertise in high-performance & low-power design. In this highly visible role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to come up with efficient chip and IP physical architecture taking into account physical design constraints early in the design cycle.

    • You will be responsible for all aspects of physical design implementation from RTL2GDS including PnR, bump/RDL, STA, physical verification, EMIR, sign-off.
    • You will also collaborate to drive methodologies and "best-known methods" to streamline PD work and develop guidelines and checklists.
    • You will be the primary technical contact for your focus area and are motivated to solve more challenging timing closure issues, area & power optimization etc.Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.Knowledgeable in partition level P&R implementation including floorplanning, clock & power distribution, timing closure, and physical & electrical verification. Knowledge of PD construction & analysis flows and methodology. Strong interpersonal skills. Recent successful tapeouts in deep submicron technology. Experience with large SOC designs (>20M gates) with frequencies in excess of 1GHZ. Shown ability to execute to stringent schedule & die size requirements. Experienced in industry standard tools and understanding their capabilities and underlying algorithms.

    About Company

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    We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

    About Apple

    There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

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