Physical Design Methodology CAD Engineer

Job Description

As a member of the Hardware Technology CAD team at Apple, you will be responsible for designing high-performance, power-efficient SoCs and collaborating with various design teams and vendors to enhance product performance.

Requirements

• Experience in CAD Tool, CAD flow or PD methodology
• Knowledge of Tcl, Python or Perl scripting languages
• Understanding of Physical Design analysis - extraction, timing, noise, physical verification, EMIR
• Minimum requirement of BS+ 3 years of relevant industry experience

Responsibilities

• Participating and engaging with cross-functional teams to tackle key physical design challenges
• Developing innovative solutions in physical design and optimization space
• Developing and supporting implementation flows for multiple projects and design teams
• Developing and maintaining custom CAD tools for implementation and signoff
• Creating flows to enable successful deployment of new technology nodes
• Developing tools and methodologies for best-in-class PPA and productivity including ML based solutions
• Collaborating with other teams such as physical design verification, RC extraction, IR and static timing analysis (STA)
• Working directly with EDA tool vendors to resolve tool issues and identify areas for tool improvements