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CPU Full-chip Physical Integration Engineer

Apple
Posted 2 months ago, valid for 12 days
Location

Beaverton, OR 97076, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Apple is seeking a Full Chip Integration Engineer with a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience and a BS degree.
  • The role involves physical design, integration, and verification of high-performance, low-power processor development, including tasks such as full chip floorplan and area optimizations.
  • Candidates should have experience with scripting in Perl or TCL and a solid understanding of physical design standards and practices.
  • Preferred qualifications include knowledge of Power Grid development, Low Power Design, and verification tools such as Calibre and RedHawk.
  • The salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience.
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Description


As a Full Chip Integration Engineer, you will be participating in the physical design, integration, and verification of high performance, low power processor development. • Full chip floorplan, area optimizations, block partitioning and pin placements • Own chip level place and route (PnR), final CPU layout database construction and verification (PDV) • Develop and validate Power Grid, including routability analysis • Drive custom layout integration, block and full-chip level EM/IR, electrical verification/analysis as well as formal verification • Work with the implementation/CAD teams during the entire chip design cycle to drive signoff closure for tapeout • Work with the SOC team to meet IP technical and delivery requirements • Participate in establishing CAD and physical design methodologies and flow development for chip integration and analysis • Scripting to automate tasks and improve debug efficiency

Minimum Qualifications


Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience Experience with scripting in Perl or TCL

Preferred Qualifications


Knowledge of industrial standards and practices in Physical Design, including Floorplanning, Partitioning, Budgeting, Place and Route and Physical Verification Experience in developing and implementing Power Grid and Clock specifications Solid knowledge of Low Power Design, Physical Construction, Integration, EMIR (Drop/Noise), SIGEM Analysis, Formal Verification, Physical PDV, DRC/LVS Verification, and DFM Solid understanding of verification tools such as Conformal LP, LEC, RedHawk, Calibre Solid understanding of CMOS circuit design. Layout design background is a plus Working knowledge of Extraction and STA methodology and tools Working knowledge of Computer Architecture Ability to work well in a team, being an excellent problem solver, and self motivated



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