CPU Implementation Engineer

Summary

magine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, hardworking people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same real passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product! Apple’s Silicon Engineering Group (SEG) is hiring hardworking engineers for CPU block-level implementation.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS Academic coursework or industry experience in VLSI and/or digital circuit design Experience with scripting in Perl or TCL

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with high performance microprocessor architecture Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications Understanding of low power microarchitecture and implementation techniques Design exposure in deep sub-micron technologies and device physics Experience using synthesis & place-route tools

Description

As a CPU Implementation Engineer, you will own or participate in the following: • Work with Micro-architects to define memory subsystem, perform feasibility, make area, frequency, performance, power trade-offs and design and balance the pipeline stages. • Help drive RTL-to-GDS flow through synthesis and place-and-route targeting ambitious targets for power, performance, and area. • Design delivery. Work with multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate physical design on the aspects of timing, area, reliability, testability, and power.