At Apple, the business problem is to design high-performance, low power microprocessors that power innovative products, including the iPhone, iPad, Watch, Vision Pro, and Mac, by driving CPU machine-learning accelerator architecture and RTL development for Apple Silicon.
Requirements
- Knowledge of microprocessor architecture
- Knowledge of Verilog and/or VHDL
- Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools
- Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas: Machine-learning algorithms and mapping to hardware, Implementing Matrix and vector operations in hardware, Register renaming, Instruction scheduling, Integer, Floating-point and load-store execution
- Understanding of low power microarchitecture techniques
- Understanding of high-performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture
Responsibilities
- Micro-architecture development and specification - from early high-level architectural exploration, through micro-architectural research and arriving at a detailed specification.
- RTL ownership - development, assessment and refinement of RTL design to target power, performance, area and timing goals.
- Verification - support the verification team in test bench development, formal methods, and simulation/emulation for functional verification
- Performance exploration and correlation - explore high-performance strategies and work with the performance verification team to verify that the RTL design meets targeted performance.
- Design delivery - work with multi-functional engineering team to implement and verify physical design on the aspects of timing, area, reliability, testability and power.
Other
- Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
- 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.
- 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.
- This role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.
