CPU Design Timing Engineer

Apple Inc.
Beaverton, United States of America
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 318K

Job location

Beaverton, United States of America

Tech stack

Computer-Aided Design
Digital Arts
Logic Synthesis of Circuits
Microprocessors
Perl
Python
CPU Design
Systems Development Life Cycle
Static Timing Analysis
Tcl (Programming Language)
Physical Design

Job description

In this role, you will be responsible for all aspects of timing including working with the implementation and RTL teams on timing changes, helping with construction/modify timing flows, timing analysis, and timing closure., As the CPU Design Timing Engineer, you will be responsible for the timing closure of the project.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Working with the CAD team to develop the timing flow that will be used on 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

Do you have experience in Verification (System development task)?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, Prior experience performing timing analysis in high speed digital designs such as CPUs or other similar designs

Understanding of physical design tools and methodology including logic synthesis, PnR, parasitic extraction, logic equivalence

Understanding of deep sub-micron technologies and scaling trends

Working knowledge of CPU microarchitecture including common fundamental timing paths

Working knowledge of clock-domain crossing and reset-domain crossing

Experience with RTL modeling and assertion based verification is a plus

Possess data parsing, analysis and representation/plotting skills, Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant experience

Experience with a static timing analysis tool such as PrimeTime® or Tempus®

Experience with timing analysis with multiple clock and power domains, noise analysis, and fixing noise in designs

Experience with variation modeling

Experience with TCL and either Perl or Python

Experience with SDC command usage including clock definitions, timing exceptions, and IO constraints

Benefits & conditions

4.14.1 out of 5 stars Beaverton, OR $181,100 - $318,400 a year, Pulled from the full job description

  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plan
  • Dental insurance
  • RSU, At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 and $318,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

About the company

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, hard-working 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 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. Join us to help deliver groundbreaking Apple products!

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