CAD Extraction Engineer

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance of every detail? As part of our Silicon Engineering group, you'll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You'll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you'll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple's devices.

Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do everything they love with their devices! In the CAD organization, you will create new software and technologies enabling other Apple engineers to develop products for millions of customers worldwide!

As a member of our CAD team, you will develop, maintain, and enhance existing parasitics extraction flow for Apple's successful silicon designs. You will use the most efficient RC analysis skills on various designs to diagnose and debug parasitic effects, guide and design improvement for balanced and minimized parasitic impact. Your experience and proficient usage of EDA extraction tools and methodologies will ensure parasitic RLC accuracy and circuit performance in post-layout simulations.

You will use AI technology to quickly develop solutions to solve user issues. You can develop an RC-aware or RC-driven methodology for design optimization with various solutions including EDA vendor solutions, effective scripts and complex software.

• Minimum requirement of BS + 10 years of relevant industry experience

• Proficient in post-layout custom design flow, including LVS, Extraction, and Simulations.
• Experience as a power user or developer with extraction tools like StarRC and Quantus.
• Experience in sophisticated script development using Shell, Perl, Python, and TCL.
• Familiar with AIML workflows and have development experience of Skills and Plugin, and/or VSCode development.
• Problem-solving attitude and positive teamwork.
• Experience in general big data analysis is a plus.
• Ability to fluently speak and write in English.

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 $184,700 and $324,800, 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 about Apple Benefits

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Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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

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