SoC Integration Engineer

Apple - Austin, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Austin, TX

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

This position at Apple involves taking ownership of the design and development of large System on Chips (SoCs), including SOC blocks and sub-systems. The role requires close collaboration with various teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality designs, integrating internal and external IPs, and maintaining rigorous quality checks throughout the design process.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop large SOCs, SOC blocks, and sub-systems.
• Handle internal/external IP integration and build sophisticated sub-systems.
• Develop integration specifications and run quality checks to ensure design quality.
• Create UPF, run synthesis, generate netlist, and close timing for the block.
• Collaborate with Chip Architecture, Design Verification, Physical Design, DFT, and power teams to meet SOC tapeout goals.
• Develop and maintain design methodology, flows, and checks.
• Work with multi-disciplinary groups to ensure timely and high-quality design delivery.

Requirements

• Experience in front-end design including RTL design, synthesis, and QC flows for large scale SOCs.
• Proven track record of working on dedicated designs in production environments for low power applications.
• Expertise in SOC IP integration, sub-system creation, and RTL design for SOC top-level components.
• Experience in front-end production synthesis with DFT insertion and RTL/netlist quality checks.
• Extensive experience developing power intent (UPF) for complex, high-performance, low-power SOCs with multiple power and voltage islands.
• Familiarity with DFT methodologies, timing closure (STA), and backend tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion and diversity.