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Apple CPU Power Management Microarchitect/RTL Engineer in Santa Clara, California
CPU Power Management Microarchitect/RTL Engineer
Santa Clara,California,United States
Hardware
Imagine 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, hard-working 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 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. Do you want to join us in these pursuits? Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product! Apple’s Silicon Engineering Group (SEG) designs high-performance, low power microprocessors that power our innovative products, including the iPhone, iPad, Watch, Vision Pro, and Mac. We are looking for an experienced technical leader to drive architecture and RTL for world-class CPU power management solutions.
Description
As a CPU Power Management Microarchitect/RTL Engineer, you will own or contribute to the following: • Micro-architecture development and specification - from early high-level architectural exploration, through micro-architectural research and arriving at a detailed specification. • RTL ownership - development, assessment and refinement of RTL design to target power, performance, area and timing goals. • Verification - support the verification team in test bench development, formal methods, and simulation/emulation for functional verification • Performance exploration and correlation - explore high performance strategies and work with the performance verification team to verify that the RTL design meets targeted performance. • Design delivery - work with multi-functional engineering team to implement and verify physical design on the aspects of timing, area, reliability, testability and power.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
Knowledge of microprocessor architecture
Knowledge of Verilog and/or VHDL
Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools
Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Coherence protocols and interconnects
High performance (low latency, high bandwidth) design techniques
Memory subsystem queuing, scheduling; starvation and deadlock avoidance
SRAM design basics
Multiple clock/power domains and power management strategies
Prefetchers, replacement policies
Debug capabilities
DFT strategies
Error detection and correction
Understanding of low power microarchitecture techniques
Understanding of high-performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture
Experience in C or C++ programming
Experience using an interpretive language such as Perl or Python
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $143,100 and $264,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html) about Apple Benefits.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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