DDR Design Engineer

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$239,700 - $360,200
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Principal Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
20+ years of experience
Hardware

Description For DDR Design Engineer

Apple, a global leader in technology, is seeking a DDR Design Engineer to join their Hardware team in San Diego. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge DDR PHY designs for high-performance, low-power applications that will impact millions of Apple customers worldwide.

As a DDR Design Engineer, you'll be integral to all phases of the design process, from initial concept studies through to silicon implementation. The role demands expertise in RTL design, verification, and silicon bring-up, working with state-of-the-art tools and methodologies. You'll collaborate closely with architecture, circuit designers, and verification engineers to deliver best-in-class PHY designs.

The position requires a strong technical background with at least 20 years of experience in hardware design, particularly in areas such as RTL design using Verilog/SystemVerilog, state machine design, and timing constraints. You'll be responsible for conducting concept studies, writing specifications, providing high-quality RTL descriptions, and ensuring successful silicon implementation.

Apple offers an exceptional compensation package, including a competitive base salary range of $239,700 to $360,200, plus additional benefits such as stock options, comprehensive healthcare, and educational reimbursement. This is a rare opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology while contributing to products that define the industry standard.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in DDR PHY design and mixed-signal environments, with a proven track record of delivering complex hardware designs. You'll be joining a dynamic team that values innovation, technical excellence, and the pursuit of groundbreaking solutions in hardware design.

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Responsibilities For DDR Design Engineer

  • Performing concept studies and provide direction for performance, gate count and power for various digital designs
  • Writing detailed design specification and test plans
  • Providing high-quality RTL description, including assertions
  • Supporting design verification to ensure bug-free first silicon
  • Driving functional and code coverage as well as timing closure for designs
  • Supporting silicon bring-up, performance and power characterization

Requirements For DDR Design Engineer

  • BS degree in technical discipline with minimum 20 years of relevant experience
  • RTL design using Verilog or SystemVerilog, assertion writing
  • Design of state machines, data paths, arbitration and clock domain crossing logic
  • Logic synthesis, timing constraints
  • Exposure to Design For Test, understanding of scan concept and writing DFT friendly RTL
  • Unified Power Format for simulation, synthesis and electrical rule checking Equivalence checking

Benefits For DDR Design Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Education Budget
Equity
Relocation Benefits
  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Education reimbursement
  • Employee stock programs
  • Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Discretionary bonuses
  • Relocation benefits

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