CAD Engineer - Post-Silicon Infrastructure
Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help to ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. In this hands-on role, you will utilize your experience in CAD to support Post-Silicon teams such as Product and Test Engineering (PTE), Digital Custom Group (DCG) and DFT teams. You will write software to build and support automated infrastructure that these teams use for management of eFuse, EMAs and Test Pattern Management. In addition, you will have an opportunity to develop and support software used for memory failure analysis.
Description
The position plays a key role in focusing and fostering on our North Star and making sure that our vision statement extends to all silicon teams: To create, monitor, and maintain high quality infrastructure and flows that enable Hardware Technology to produce chips that enable Apple's best products. The role also includes:
- Developing and supporting multiple post-silicon infrastructure systems used to manage eFuses, EMA and Test Patterns.
- Evangelizing and promoting these systems across all Apple Silicon design teams.
- Creating documentation and providing training to our internal customers.
- Continued engagement with our internal customers so that we strive to improve the workflows and systems that suit their needs.
You will be working with an energized and highly motivated CAD team that comprehensively supports Apple’s chip design efforts.
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience in Perl, Python, or C++ programming languages.
- Experience in large-scale infrastructure from specification, software development to deployment.
- Minimum requirements of BS degree + 3 years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience working in Linux/Unix environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Post-Silicon infrastructure such as management of Test Programs, eFuses, EMAs, and Memory Failure Analysis.
- Experience of software engineering practices (agile, code review, automated builds, regression testing, revision control systems).
- Experience with customer support.