GPU Top Level Physical Design Engineer
Core
Design and manufacture next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient GPUs for Apple devices, ensuring seamless handling of user tasks.
Role type
Senior IC physical design engineer (GPU top-level integration)
Builds
High-performance GPU chips for Apple products
Domain
Semiconductor / GPU architecture
Required skills
ASIC integration, floorplanning, clock and power distribution, global signal planning, I/O planning, hard IP integration, hierarchical design, top-down design, timing and physical convergence, place and route integration, physical design verification flows
Preferred skills
IP integration from internal and external vendors, multiple voltage and clock domains, ESD solutions, mixed signal block integration, large subsystem designs (>20M gates), frequencies >1GHz, Design for Yield and Manufacturability, multi Vt strategies, thermal management, GPU architecture understanding
Technologies
Floorplanning tools, P&R flows, global timing verification tools, physical design verification flows
Responsibilities
Collaborate with front-end teams to understand RTL and drive physical aspects early in the design cycle; develop physical design methodologies and best-known methods; create PD guidelines and checklists; supervise progress; act as the focal point for place and route integration at the top level; communicate PD needs with cross-functional teams to achieve back-end design goals
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic engineering responsibilities
