SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR
Are you applying to the internship?
Description
About Apple
At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. We’re a company of dynamic, hardworking people who are passionate about innovation and committed to leaving the world better than we found it. We’ve reinvented entire industries with all our Hardware products, and we’re constantly striving to deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product.
Description: SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR
In Physical Design, you will be at the center of design effort collaborating with architecture, CAD, timing, and logic design teams with a critical impact on delivering best in class designs.
Key Responsibilities:
• Early Design Collaboration: Work closely with the logic design team to understand partition architecture and drive physical aspects early in the design cycle.
• Implementation and Closure: Complete netlist to GDS2 implementation for partition(s) meeting schedule and design goals. Ensure timing, physical and electrical verification, and drive signoff closure for the partitions.
• Problem Solving and Optimization: Resolve and improve design and flow issues related to physical design, identify potential solutions, and drive execution.
Minimum Currently pursuings:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Architecture, VLSI, Design, Logic Design, or Circuit Design.
• Previous internship/co-op, project work, or relevant coursework in relevant fields.
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to collaborate with multiple functional teams across a variety of fields.
• Experience with Verilog, VHDL, Python, Perl, Tcl, and/or Spice is beneficial.
Preferred Currently pursuings:
• Master’s degree or PhD in relevant fields.
• Experience with advanced physical design techniques and methodologies.
• Familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools and flows.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Additional Requirements:
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product!
