SoC Physical Design Verification Engineer
Apple
Design
Beaverton, OR, USA
Posted on Oct 26, 2024
Summary
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Role Number:200575861
At Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people's lives! Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in 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 our group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, we will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices! In this highly visible role, you will be a part of a critical team responsible for physical verification of an SOC.
Description
- As a member of our physical design team, you will perform various types of physical verification checks such as LVS, DRC, ANT, and ESD at the chip and block level. - You will collaborate with the CAD/Technology teams for flow bring up and validation. We work directly with the implementation team during the entire chip design cycle to drive signoff closure for tapeout. - You will lead schedules and support cross-functional engineering efforts. - You will work on padring, bump, RDL design, and working with the package and floorplan teams.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum BS in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or related field.
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Strong knowledge of physical verification flows and methodology.
- Knowledge of all aspects of ASIC physical design.
- Scripting skills to debug flow related issues and make enhancements as appropriate.
- Experienced in industry standard tools used for physical verification such as Mentor Calibre, Synopsys ICV, etc.
- Strong understanding of place and route design blocks flow and methodology.
- Real chip tapeout experience with a track record of successful signoff.
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- MS in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or related field.
- Proficient scripting skills and automation experience.
- Layout or floorplan design experience.
- Physical design verification and debug experience including mixed signal and digital IP integrations at block and full-chip hierarchies.
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
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