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Custom Library Design Lead

Apple Inc
  • San Diego, CA
    4 days ago

    Job Description

    Do you want to utilize your engineering background to make big things happen? Can you influence, connect, get results and communicate effectively? Can you deliver on a predictable and dynamic schedule? Do you have a passion for crafting entirely new solutions? Do you love building without precedent? As part of our Digital Design Engineering group, you'll take imaginative and revolutionary ideas and determine how to turn them into reality. You and your team will apply engineering fundamentals and start from scratch if needed, bringing visionary ideas to the real world. Your efforts will be groundbreaking, often literally. Join us, and you'll help design the tools that allow us to bring customers experiences they've never before envisioned. Be a part of an exciting silicon design group that is responsible for crafting state-of-the-art ASICs. We have an extraordinary opportunity for Circuit Design Engineering Lead. In this highly visible role, you will be at the heart of a processor design effort, leading custom digital circuits team and library development, making a critical impact delivering products to market quickly. Imagine yourself at the center of our SOC design effort, collaborating with all disciplines, playing a strategic role of getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. You will have the opportunity to integrate and come-up with new ideas, as well as work with a team of talented engineers. As a Library Design Engineering Lead for the custom circuits team, you will perform the following: Lead & mentor small team of highly talented circuit design engineers & provide technical guidance Drive design, development and characterization/QA of high performance, low power standard cells to improve chip design PPA. Drive development of power management cell designs that cater to Apple's Low Power product requirements. Identify next generation of new ideas to drive PPA improvements further engage with CPU, SOC and GPU teams on chip level integration requirements. Drive library checks & analysis, develop new methodologies based on new design requirements. Work with foundry on new technology requirements, drive layout dependent design optimization and layout checks. Manage migration to new PDK, PDV of standard cells & releases Support and drive cellular library requirements. Engage with cellular teams to understand specific design needs and cater to those requirements.BS and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience.We are looking for applicants with 10+ years of experience in Standard cells library development. Masters Degree preferred Proven experience in developing, driving & implementing design methodologies Proven experience leading and mentoring a small team Strong influence, excellent interpersonal skills & able to work with multi-functional teams Knowledge of standard cell layout, DRM, DRC/LVS decks, PDV flows, Virtuoso. Design experience in advanced tech node device behavior with understanding of layout rules. Design experience in flop, complex Standard Cells design & Power Management Cells. Knowledge of agentic flows, familiarity with AI drive design optimization, checks, flows.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Diego, CA
    IndustryComputer/IT Services
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1976
    Websitehttps://www.apple.com/jobs

    About Company

    We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

    We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same 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.

    About Apple

    There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

    Skills

    • ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit)unmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Appleunmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • CPU (Central Processing Unit)unmatched
    • Circuit Designunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Customer Experienceunmatched
    • DRC Flowsunmatched
    • Design Servicesunmatched
    • Develop Methodologiesunmatched
    • Digital Circuitsunmatched
    • Digital Rights Management (DRM)unmatched
    • GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)unmatched
    • Graphic Designunmatched
    • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
    • LVS Flowsunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Low Powerunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Needs Assessmentunmatched
    • Power Managementunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Quality Assuranceunmatched
    • Requirements Managementunmatched
    • Standards Developmentunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Technical Leadershipunmatched
    • Technical/Engineering Designunmatched

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