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GPU Physical Design Engineer, STA/Timing

Apple· Hardware
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Austin, Texasfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Role responsible for timing closure of complex GPU designs in Apple's Silicon Engineering group, coordinating across Architecture, RTL, Synthesis, Clocking, DFT, Physical Design and Post-Silicon teams to ensure timing convergence and high-quality silicon for manufacture.

Responsibilities

  • Interact with RTL and architecture teams to understand physical design constraints related to timing and relay these to backend design flows.
  • Work with Synthesis and Physical Design teams to implement design optimized for power, performance and timing.
  • Setting up all DFT modes and ensuring all test features are properly timed.
  • Assemble the top level design for STA ensuring accurate analysis by reviewing all logs and reports.
  • Create and maintain scripts and automation to ensure high quality STA reports and collaborate with other teams for timing closure.
  • Run ECO flows on the design and be responsible for close timing.
  • Drive and support tapeout activities by running a full suite of signoff checks to ensure high quality silicon for manufacture.
  • Work with CAD and Vendors to improve the flow and bring in features to the analysis flows.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering + 3 years relevant experience.
  • Experience in STA and timing closure or physical design.
  • Experience with scripting languages such as TCL, Python, Perl, shell scripting etc.

Skills

Required:STA and timing closureScripting (TCL, Python, Perl, shell)
Last updated Jul 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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