CPU Implementation Engineer
Core
Design and implement CPU blocks, balancing power, performance, and area trade-offs from RTL to GDS.
Role type
Senior IC CPU Implementation Engineer
Builds
Apple Silicon hardware products
Domain
Semiconductor / CPU Design
Required skills
RTL-to-GDS flow, synthesis, place-and-route, memory subsystem design, pipeline balancing, scripting (Perl/TCL), timing analysis, power analysis, area optimization, physical design validation, testability design, reliability design, deep sub-micron technology experience, device physics knowledge
Preferred skills
High performance microprocessor architecture, logic design principles, low power microarchitecture techniques
Technologies
Synthesis tools, Place-and-route tools
