SoC RTL Design Engineer
At Apple, phenomenal ideas have a way of becoming great products and customer experiences very quickly. The industry is accustomed to Apple taping out the SOC's for our various products at a rigorous pace. In order to achieve this, Apple's best-in-class chip is driven by top notch design engineers who implement various blocks of the chip and deliver high quality components to SoC. This is a high transparency and critically important role and requires close working relationships with many groups and an organized approach to coordinate all tasks in parallel to hit schedules consistently with a quality design. Our position requires in-depth knowledge of the chip micro-architecture and digital logic design.
Description
- Work with architecture team to define the design microarchitecture hierarchy and interfaces and develop microarchitecture spec. Refine the spec with reviews with other teams.
- Develop RTL design of one or more blocks following established design guidelines based on microarchitecture spec. Own all aspects of RTL development design.
- Work and collaborate with other designers in the group to deliver results.
- Integrate common/shared IP blocks to design and optimize memories/hard macros required for the block.
- Work with front-end synthesis/STA teams to ensure timing for the block is met.
- Work with power/performance and functional verification team to ensure high quality of the block.
- Work with multi-disciplinary groups to make sure designs are delivered on time and with the highest quality by incorporating proper checks at every stage of the design process.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum of BS + 10 years relevant industry experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- A consistent track record of dedication designs in high volume production for low power applications.
- Experience in driving microarchitecture and developing specification for logic designs.
- Consistent record of RTL design on large sophisticated designs.
- Solid working experience with synthesis, power, performance and verification team to develop and deliver high quality RTL design timely.
- Strong interpersonal skills are a must, as the candidate will talk to a lot of diverse groups within the company.
- Self-starter, highly motivated, highly organized, and schedule driven is a must.
- Familiarity with all front-end tools including lint, CDC, synthesis is a plus.
- Knowledge of high speed DRAM memory controller design or interconnect design is highly preferable.