SRAM Circuit Design Engineer
Core
Design and implement custom digital SRAM circuits for Apple's high-performance silicon products (M1, A14 Bionic, etc.), optimizing for power, timing, area, and yield.
Role type
Senior IC SRAM Circuit Design Engineer
Builds
Custom SRAM blocks integrated into CPU/GPU/SoC/Neural Engine architectures
Domain
Semiconductor / Custom Silicon / Memory Hierarchy
Required skills
SRAM circuit design, logic/architecture specification, topology optimization, schematic capture, simulation/analysis, DFT modeling, GDS creation, IR/EM verification, RTL validation, silicon debug
Preferred skills
SoC design cycle experience, Cache design/architecture, memory hierarchy, RTL modeling, nanometer device physics, ML algorithms, scripting
Technologies
GDS, RTL, industry-standard design tools
Responsibilities
Design custom digital circuits for SRAM, formulate design specs with logic/architecture teams, define optimized topologies, perform schematic capture and simulations, create optimal GDS with layout team, verify extracted GDS, support post-silicon productization
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
