SoC RTL Design Engineer

Summary Posted: Sep 21, 2023 Role Number: 200505089 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.. Key Qualifications Key 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. Description 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 Education & Experience Education & Experience Minimum of BS + 0 years relevant industry experience Additional Requirements Additional Requirements