CAD Engineer, Logic Equivalence & ECO

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.
• Working directly with EDA vendors to architect new tool features and methodologies.
• Collaborating with other CAD engineers, including synthesis, DV, analytics, and signoff to build integrated flows.
• 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

• Experience with ASIC Design EDA Tools, CAD flows, and/or ASIC design methodologies.
• Knowledge of Tcl, Python or Perl scripting languages.
• Knowledge of Verilog or SystemVerilog coding for hardware design or verification.
• Minimum requirement of BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong 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.
• Expertise in industry standard equivalence checking EDA tools
• Expertise in industry standard ASIC synthesis EDA tools
• Understanding of frontend digital design methodologies, including simulation, synthesis, RTL linting, low power verification, BIST, DFT, design integration, and frontend signoff.
• Experience architecting and implementing CAD flows
• Comfort within Linux/Unix environments.
• Understanding of software engineering practices (agile, code reviews, unit level testing, regression testing).
• 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.