About the Role
Join Apple to help deliver the next groundbreaking product. In this role, you will be responsible for all aspects of timing, including working with implementation and RTL teams on timing changes, constructing and modifying timing flows, timing analysis, and timing closure.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the timing closure of the project.
- Work with the CAD team to develop the timing flow for the project, including scripting to improve analysis flows and engineer efficiency.
- Work extensively with CPU micro-architects and implementation engineers to drive timing closure for the CPU.
Requirements
- Minimum BS required.
- Experience with script writing in one or more of the following languages: TCL, Perl, Python.
Skills
- Implementation experience on high performance CPU designs
- Working knowledge of CPU microarchitecture including common critical loops for timing and understanding of low power microarchitecture and implementation techniques for CPUs
- Good understanding of physical design tools and methodology including physically aware synthesis and place & route tools and flows, extraction, and other analysis flows, and physical design verification (LEC, DVS, etc.)
- Experience working on timing for 1 ghz+ designs, including how to handle multiple clock and power domains
- Experience with one of the following static timing tools: Primetime or Tempus
- Experience with cross talk, noise, OCV, uncertainty, and derate methodology
Location
- Apple Park, Cupertino, CA
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum BS required
Education Level
- BS
About the Company
- At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services and customer experiences very quickly.
- Dynamic, hardworking people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here.
- The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products.
- The same real passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.
