Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance of every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you'll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You'll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you'll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple's devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do everything they love with their devices! In the CAD organization, you will create new software and technologies enabling other Apple engineers to develop products for millions of customers worldwide!
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Description
As a member of our CAD team, you will: • Develop, maintain, and enhance existing parasitics extraction flow for Apple's successful silicon designs • Use the most efficient RC analysis skills on various designs to diagnose and debug parasitic effects and guide and design improvement for balanced and minimized parasitic impact • Ensure parasitic RLC accuracy and circuit performance in post-layout simulations using EDA extraction tools and methodologies • Deeply understand parasitic modeling in advanced process technologies and use the knowledge to explain circuit behavior and performance • Work closely with EDA vendors to incorporate new capabilities to solve technical problems • Develop an RC-aware or RC-driven methodology for design optimization
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiar with post-layout custom design flow, including LVS, Extraction, and Simulations
- Experience as a power user or developer with extraction tools like StarRC and Quantus
- Deep understanding of cellular/wireless design RC accuracy investigation, reduction methods, and simulation impact
- Skills in sophisticated script development using Shell, Perl, Python, and TCL
- Understand foundry PDK collaterals and usage in individual flows
- Bring a general problem-solving and positive teamwork attitude
- Experience in general big data analysis is a plus
Pay & Benefits
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 $175,800 and $312,200, 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.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure 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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