Layout/Mask Designer

Job description

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now, can't imagine living without. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. 2 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: Using layout floor-planning, standard cell planning and hierarchical layout assembly to generate best PPA (power, performance and area) layouts Resolving issues with RC delay, electromigration, self-heating and cross capacitance. Recognizing failure prone layout structures, working with designers for the best approach to problems like shielding critical signals, analyzing DFM yields and LOD effects. Creating layouts with a robust PG grid using IR simulations tools Collaborating and communicating effectively with multi-functional teams to understand engineering spec and have on-time deliverables Interpreting CALIBRE DRC, ERC, LVS, and DFM reports to finish layout(s) Using CADENCE virtuoso layout design tools to draw layouts and increased productivity Preferred Qualifications: N/A