Senior ASIC Physical Design Engineer

4 days ago


Beaverton, Oregon, United States Apple Full time
Job Title: Senior ASIC Physical Design PPA Engineer

At Apple, we're looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior ASIC Physical Design PPA Engineer to join our dynamic and growing team. As a key member of our Digital Design Engineering group, you'll play a strategic role in designing state-of-the-art ASICs and driving innovation in the field of physical design.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement automation and infrastructure to improve the efficiency and reliability of PPA regression and problems.
  • Collaborate with CAD and design teams to drive improvements and updates in our production design flows.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to deliver on PPA goals and ensure timely completion of projects.
  • Conduct deep dives to root cause and address unexpected results.
Requirements:
  • BS and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience.
  • Strong understanding of RTL2GDSII flow and concepts related to synthesis, place & route, CTS, timing convergence, and layout closure.
  • Hands-on experience in PPA analysis for different physical designs and evaluating new Stdcell libraries in leading tech nodes.
  • Familiarity with development of block/partitions for silicon validation of foundation IPs.
  • Good understanding of Place-and-Route design and associated tools/flow, ability to analyze physical databases and drive new ideas.
  • Experience with industry-standard synthesis, physical design, and STA tools.
  • Familiarity with ASIC integration flows, including power distribution, global signal planning, I/O planning, and hard IP integration.
  • Familiarity with tapeout of partitions and Verification Flows like LEQ, IR/EM, Timing, and DFM closure.
  • Hands-on experience with ECO implementation, both functional and timing closure.
  • Familiarity with DFT insertion and multi-mode timing constraints.
  • Strong scripting skills using Perl/Tcl.
  • Strong written/verbal communication skills.
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