Physical Design Engineer • Mid-Level

Who you are

You have a strong background in physical design engineering, with experience in all phases of high-performance PHY design from RTL to GDSII delivery. Your expertise includes generating block and chip-level static timing constraints, ensuring that designs meet timing, area, and power constraints. You are familiar with building full chip floor-plans, including pin placement, partitions, and power grids, and you have a solid understanding of low power clock network guidelines.

You are skilled in performing block-level place and route, and you have experience implementing ECOs to address timing, noise, and EM IR violations. Your knowledge extends to running physical design verification flows at both chip and block levels, and you are adept at providing guidelines to fix LVS and DRC violations for other designers. You are also involved in establishing CAD and physical design methodologies that promote correct-by-construction designs.

What you'll do

In this role, you will be at the center of a PHY design effort, collaborating closely with architecture, CAD, timing, and logic design teams. Your responsibilities will include generating static timing constraints and developing full chip floor-plans that optimize pin placement and power distribution. You will validate high-performance low power clock network guidelines and ensure that designs are optimized for timing, area, and power.

You will also be responsible for performing block-level place and route, closing designs to meet stringent constraints, and generating and implementing ECOs to resolve any timing, noise, and EM IR violations. Running physical design verification flows will be a key part of your role, as will providing guidance to other designers on fixing LVS and DRC violations. Additionally, you will participate in the establishment of CAD and physical design methodologies, contributing to the development of flows for chip integration.

What we offer

At Apple, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative products that enrich people's lives. You will be part of a diverse and inclusive team that values collaboration and creativity. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we believe that diverse teams build better products. Join us in crafting the future of technology and making a meaningful impact on millions of customers worldwide.