CAD Engineer, Logic Equivalence & ECO

Summary

Posted: Oct 3, 2024

Role Number:200571573

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? Imagine the delight in knowing your efforts were critical in the implementation of system-on-chip (SoC) designs in the next generation of Apple products! In this exciting role, you will develop, maintain, and enhance logic equivalence checking flows. You will architect, design, and implement the software and methodologies that design teams use to verify designs and complete ECOs. You will develop, maintain, and enhance machine learning and generative AI solutions to improve logic equivalence flows. You will work directly with EDA vendors to design new tool features, and you will directly own logic equivalence signoff on tape outs.

Description

In this highly visible role, your primary responsibilities will include: - Developing, maintaining, and enhancing CAD applications for logical equivalence. - Supporting frontend design closure , ECO verification, and flow signoff. - Triaging and solving CAD flow problems, and working around EDA tool problems. - Working directly with EDA vendors to resolve tool issues, and identifying enhancements. - Participating and engaging with cross functional teams to tackle key logic equivalence challenges. - Using ML and GenAI based solutions to improve CAD applications

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of Tcl, Python or Perl scripting languages.
• Knowledge of Verilog or SystemVerilog coding for hardware design or verification.
• Minimum requirement of BS and 0+ years of relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in scripting languages, such as Python, Perl, and TCL
• Excellent communication skills, including previous customer support experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including collaboration, inclusivity, active listening, and a growth mindset.
• Comfort within Linux/Unix environments.
• Familiarity with current Gen AI research in one of the following areas: RAG, Semantic Search, or Prompt Engineering is a plus

• Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.