SRAM Circuit Design Engineer
Description For SRAM Circuit Design Engineer
Join Apple's world-class silicon design team as an SRAM Circuit Design Engineer in the Digital Custom Group (DCG). This role puts you at the forefront of developing groundbreaking chips that power Apple's flagship products, including the M1 chip for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Airpods, HomePod, and Watch.
As a Principal Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing and implementing custom digital circuits for SRAM design, working closely with extraordinary logic and architecture teams. Your work will directly influence CPU, GPU, SoC, Neural Engine, and Camera designs in Apple's Custom Silicon group. This highly visible position requires 10+ years of industry experience and deep expertise in SoC design cycles, particularly in developing circuits and SRAM/Register File for low power, low voltage, and high performance applications.
The role offers an exceptional opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and contribute to products used by millions of customers worldwide. You'll be involved in every aspect of the design process, from architecture definition to post-silicon validation. Your responsibilities will include optimizing designs for power, timing, area, and yield, performing complex simulations and analyses, and working with layout teams to create optimal solutions.
Apple offers a competitive compensation package, including a base salary range of $175,800 to $312,200, plus opportunities for stock ownership through various employee stock programs. The benefits package includes comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, educational expense reimbursement, and various other perks.
This role is perfect for someone who thrives on technical challenges, has a passion for innovation, and wants to make a significant impact on some of the world's most popular consumer electronics. You'll be working in Santa Clara, California, collaborating with talented engineers and contributing to the next generation of Apple's custom silicon solutions.
Responsibilities For SRAM Circuit Design Engineer
- Design and implement custom digital circuits for SRAM design
- Work with logic/architecture team to formulate design specifications
- Define architecture/topologies optimizing for power, timing, area and yield
- Perform schematic capture, simulations/analysis, margin verifications
- Conduct functional equivalency and DFT modeling
- Work with layout team to create optimal GDS
- Verify extracted GDS meets design specifications
- Perform backend verification, IR/EM
- Write RTL, validate use-cases, verify against design schematics
- Support post-silicon effort to enable productization
Requirements For SRAM Circuit Design Engineer
- BS and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience
- Experience within a SoC design cycle
- Knowledge of Cache design/architecture and memory hierarchy
- Working knowledge of RTL modeling
- Understanding of industry-standard design tools
- Deep understanding of nanometer device physics
- Ability to devise experiments and analyze data for silicon debug
- Machine Learning algorithms and scripting knowledge
Benefits For SRAM Circuit Design Engineer
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Employee stock programs
- Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Educational expense reimbursement
- Discretionary bonuses
- Relocation benefits
- Product discounts
- Free services
