Apple

Custom CAD Engineer

Apple  •  San Diego, CA (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Summary

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our HW Technology org, youʼll help design our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). Youʼll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions! Joining this group means youʼll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Appleʼs devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices!

As a CAD Engineer of Custom Infrastructure Support, you will provide support for digital, analog and mixed-signal designs using Cadence. Responsibilities include general user support for both layout and schematic designers, tool customizations, Unix/Linux support and development testing of new tools and flows.

Description

In this highly visible role, you will:

  • Provide full support for Cadence custom flows, tool development, installation and maintenance
  • Work with the design team to develop utilities and scripts.
  • Support Virtuoso Layout and schematic software and release flows based on revision control system
  • Drive design methodology to increase productivity
  • Work with CAD team to provide general CAD services support, utilities, scripts while also working closely with the Design and Layout teams
  • Support tool configuration and application
  • Involvement in test development, automation and regression flow support
  • Create and maintain relevant documentation

Preferred Qualifications

Some experience supporting Cadence Composer Virtuoso, Layout tools, VXL, PCELLs, and CDFs

Experience in programming languages such as DFII, Skill, Perl, Tcl

Proficient with Unix / Linux OS, utilities, and scripting

Minimum Qualifications

BS degree in relevant technical discipline

0-2+years of experience in analog and digital new product development IC CAD support using EDA tools

Strong communication skills both oral and written.

Apple

About Apple

We’re a diverse collective of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. And the same innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. This is where your work can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Visit apple.com/careers to learn more.

Industry
Hardware & Semiconductors
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Cupertino, California
Year Founded
1976
Website
apple.com
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