RTL Design EngineerCary,North Carolina,United StatesHardwareAt Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Do you like changing the game? We have an opportunity for a forward-thinking and uncommonly hardworking RTL Design Engineer. As a member of our dynamic group you will have the rare and rewarding opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple’s customers every single day. In joining the Analog Mixed Signals team, we will provide the best-in-class PHY designs for high-performance, low power applications. As a logic/RTL design engineer, you will be involved in all phases of the design, from concept study, architecture definition, design and verification, to silicon bring-up and characterization.DescriptionIn this role, you will have the opportunity to do the following: Performing concept studies and provide direction in terms of performance, gate count and power for various digital designs. Writing detailed design specification and test plans in close collaboration with architecture, circuit designers and verification engineers. Providing high-quality RTL description, including assertions, for the design. Formal tools and static checkers will be used to guarantee RTL quality. Supporting design verification to insure bug-free first silicon. Driving functional and code coverage as well as timing closure for your designs. Supporting silicon bring-up, performance and power characterization.Minimum QualificationsKey QualificationsRTL design using Verilog or SystemVerilog, assertion writingDesign of state machines, data paths, arbitration and clock domain crossing logic, Logic synthesis, timing constraintsExposure to Design For Test, understanding of scan concept and writing DFT friendly RTLUnified Power Format for simulation, synthesis and electrical rule checking Equivalence checkingPrior experience in DDR PHY design and mixed-signal environment is a plusPreferred QualificationsEducation & ExperienceBS degree in technical discipline with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.Additional RequirementsApple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant. ( FooterApple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (Opens in a new window) .Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants. United States Department of Labor. Learn more (Opens in a new window) .Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. If you’re applying for a position in San Francisco, review the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance guidelines (opens in a new window) applicable in your area.Apple participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program (Opens in a new window) .Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Reasonable Accommodation and Drug Free Workplace policy Learn more (Opens in a new window) .Apple is a drug-free workplace. Reasonable Accommodation and Drug Free Workplace policy Learn more (Opens in a new window) .