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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 GPU. You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and expertly handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, we enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. This role requires a mix of strategic engineering along with hands-on, technical work. You will be realizing the complete physical design verification closure from early design planning to tapeout. You will have hands on experience in physical design and large chip integration.
Description
As a GPU Physical Verification engineer, you will work closely with the Physical Design team to drive physical verification aspects in the design cycle. You will work with physical design team, as you drive methodologies and “best known methods” to streamline physical design work, come up with guidelines and checklists, drive execution, and track progress while offering physical verification support. You will manage and resolve design and flow issues related to physical design, identify potential solutions and drive execution. You will need to communicate and drive the needs of Physical Design Verification with cross-functional teams that will enable achieving the goals of the back-end design for the project.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience integrating IP from both internal and external vendors and be able to specify and drive IP requirements in the physical domain.
Experience with Physical Design topics: multiple voltage and clock domains, ESD solutions, and mixed signal block integration.
Experience with large subsystem designs (>20M gates) with frequencies in excess of 1GHz applying brand new technologies.
Familiar with various process related design issues including Design for Yield and Manufacturability, multi Vt strategies and thermal Mgt.
Proven track record in solving complex PD and cross functional problems, driving results directly and or directing a team of engineers to innovate and execute on world class designs.
Understanding of GPU architecture and design units.
Experience with Floorplanning tools, P&R flows, global timing verification and Physical Design Verification Flows is required.
Minimum Qualifications
BS + 10 Years of relevant experience.
Experience with hierarchical design approach, top-down design, budgeting, and physical convergence.
Experience with Physical Verification checks including one of the following: Base/Metal DRC, ERC, LVS, Process ANT, PERC, and ESD.
Experience with P&R flows and Physical Verification tools (e.g. Calibre).
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 $184,700 and $324,800, 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
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