CPU CDC/STA Engineer

24 hours ago


Santa Clara, California, United States Apple Full time
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As a CPU CDC/STA Engineer, you will play a major role analyzing the design and driving fixes as well as developing, maintaining and improving our Lint, Clock Domain Crossing (CDC), Reset Domain Crossing (RDC) and Static Timing Analysis (STA) constraints and methodology for our CPUs across multiple design sites.

Description
In this role, you will be:

• Responsible for developing, improving, and maintaining the CDC and RDC sign-offs for CPU designs

• Working with RTL and DV teams to recommend System Verilog assertions needed to support CDC/RDC/STA constraints and assumptions

• Responsible for developing, enhancing, and maintaining key STA checks and associated sign-offs for our CPUs

• Responsible for debugging vendor tool problems and collaborate with designers to help solve their problems

• Working closely with EDA vendor representatives to drive improvements and new methodologies

• Working closely with RTL, Verification, CAD, and Physical Design teams

Minimum Qualifications
Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
Scripting experience with TCL or Perl
Experience in one or more of the following: Static Timing Analysis (STA), Clock-Domain Crossing (CDC), or Reset Domain Crossing (RDC) solutions

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) and Design Verification (DV) Simulations
Knowledge in Spyglass, VC-Static, PrimeTime, or Meridian is a plus
Experience in Verilog

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