Senior ASIC Physical Design PPA Engineer

3 days ago


Austin, Texas, United States Apple Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior ASIC Physical Design PPA Engineer to join our dynamic and growing team at Apple. As a key member of our Digital Design Engineering group, you will play a strategic role in designing state-of-the-art ASICs and driving innovation in the field of Physical Design PPA.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and develop automation and infrastructure to scale and improve the efficiency and reliability of the PPA regression and problems.
  • Collaborate with CAD and design teams to drive improvements and updates in our production design flows in an effective and timely manner.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to deliver on PPA goals, including design, power, post-silicon, and CAD.
  • Perform deep dives to root cause and address any unexpected results.
Requirements
  • BS and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience.
  • Strong understanding of the RTL2GDSII flow and concepts related to synthesis, place & route, CTS, timing convergence, layout closure.
  • Hands-on experience in PPA (Performance, Power, Area) analysis for different Physical designs and evaluate new Stdcell libraries in leading tech nodes.
  • Familiar with development of block/partitions for silicon validation of foundation IPs.
  • Good understanding of Place-and-Route design as well as associated tools/flow, ability to analyze physical databases and drive new ideas.
  • Experience with industry standard synthesis, physical design and STA tools.
  • Familiar with ASIC integration flows, including power distribution, global signal planning, I/O planning and hard IP integration.
  • Familiar 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.
  • Familiar with DFT insertion, and multi-mode timing constraints.
  • Strong scripting skills using Perl/Tcl.
  • Strong written/verbal communication skills.
About Apple

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.



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