Apple

Designs phones, computers and their operating systems

GPU RTL Design Engineer

Silicon & ASIC DesignUpdated on Nov 10

Full-timeSan Diego, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor of Science degree and at least five years of relevant industry experience are required.
Experience designing GPU schedulers, execution units, texture or pixel units, or caches is preferred.
A detailed understanding of synthesis tools, timing analysis, floor planning, and the place-and-route flow is preferred.
Experience in hardware performance analysis is preferred.
Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, or Perl is preferred.
A strong background in GPU, CPU, or SIMD architectures is preferred.
Logic design experience, including expert knowledge of low-power techniques and timing optimizations, is preferred.
Expert knowledge of SystemVerilog HDL is preferred.
The ability to drive bring-up and debug of complex designs is preferred.
The ability to work productively with a team under aggressive product schedules is preferred.
Strong communication, influence, and negotiation skills are preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop power-efficient, high-performance 3D graphics processor micro-architectures for low-power mobile devices and high-performance personal computers.
Deliver high-quality, low-power graphics IP that meets performance, timing, and area goals.
Explore design trade-offs while applying rigorous design principles.
Understand and contribute to micro-architectural specifications to design GPUs.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams in architecture, validation, modeling, and physical design.

Desired Qualifications

Experience designing GPU schedulers, execution units, texture or pixel units, or caches.
A detailed understanding of synthesis tools, timing analysis, floor planning, and the place-and-route flow.
Experience in hardware performance analysis.
Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, or Perl.
A strong background in GPU, CPU, or SIMD architectures.
Logic design experience, including expert knowledge of low-power techniques and timing optimizations.
Expert knowledge of SystemVerilog HDL.
The ability to drive bring-up and debug of complex designs.
The ability to work productively with a team under aggressive product schedules.
Strong communication, influence, and negotiation skills.

Summary

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient GPU. You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking product containing an Apple designed GPU. As a member of Apple’s GPU Design team, you will develop power efficient, high-performance 3D graphics processor micro-architectures targeted for low power mobile devices and high-performance personal computers that are used by millions of people every day.

Minimum Qualifications

We are looking for candidates with a BS and a minimum of 5 years relevant industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience designing GPU Schedulers, Execution Units, Texture/Pixel Units, or Caches. Detailed understanding of synthesis tools, timing analysis, floor planning, and the PNR flow. Experience in hardware performance analysis. Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, or Perl. Strong background in GPU, CPU, or SIMD architectures. Logic design, with expert knowledge of low-power techniques and timing optimizations. Expert knowledge in System Verilog HDL. Ability to drive bring up and debug of complex designs. Ability to work well in a team in order to be productive under aggressive product schedules. We believe that there is power in teams working together so you must have strong communication, influence, and negotiation skills.

Description

As a GPU Design Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, low-power graphics IP that meets our performance, timing, and area goals. You will explore design trade-offs, while exercising rigorous design principles. Additionally, you will be required to understand and contribute to pioneering micro-architectural specifications in order to design best-in-class GPUs. To accomplish this, you will collaborate closely with multi-functional teams in architecture, validation, modeling, and physical design.

About the Company

Apple

Designs phones, computers and their operating systems

Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, from iPhone smartphones and Mac computers to tablets and wearable devices. Its operating systems manage apps and built-in functions for communication and work, while iCloud stores files and synchronizes data across devices. Customers buy additional digital services through subscriptions such as Apple Music and Apple TV, and developers distribute software through the App Store. Apple earns money from hardware sales, subscriptions and digital transactions, selling directly to customers and through retailers and mobile carriers around the world. It was founded in 1976 and has its headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Cupertino, CA
Founded: 1976

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