Senior Timing Closure Specialist, SoC Physical Design

5 days ago


Sunnyvale, California, United States Apple Inc. Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Timing Closure Specialist to join our team of innovative engineers at Apple Inc. in SoC Physical Design.

Job Description

In this critical role, you will be directly responsible for the physical implementation of design partition(s) from netlist to tapeout for highly complex SoCs using state-of-the-art process technology.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work with design teams to understand and debug constraints, facilitating logic changes to improve timing.
  • Collaborate with the Physical Design team to highlight issues and best practices.
  • Create timing ECOs for project tapeout.
  • Develop and maintain scripts and methodologies for analysis and runs.
  • Produce documentation and assist with guidelines/specifications.
  • Analyze timing paths to identify key issues.
  • Implement timing infrastructure.
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • A minimum of 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • Hands-on experience in STA (Static Timing Analysis).
  • Familiarity with timing aspects of large high-performance SoC designs in sub-micron technologies.
  • Proficiency in STA and methodologies for timing closure, as well as a fundamental understanding of noise, crosstalk, and OCV effects.
  • Familiarity with circuit modeling, including SPICE models and worst-case corner selection.
  • Good programming skills in Perl and TCL.
  • Experience with large design STA and Timing Closure.
  • Familiarity with ECO techniques and implementation.
  • Strong communication skills to accurately describe issues and follow them through to completion.
About Us

At Apple Inc., we value diversity, inclusion, and innovation. Our mission is to deliver groundbreaking products and services that exceed customer expectations.

What We Offer

We offer a comprehensive compensation package, including:

  • A base salary between $143,100 and $264,200, depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
  • The opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through discretionary employee stock programs.
  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
  • Retirement benefits.
  • A range of discounted products and free services.
  • Reimbursement for certain educational expenses related to advancing your career at Apple.
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission payments, as well as relocation assistance.


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