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Front-End Implementation (Synthesis) Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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LondonFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

GPU Front End Implementation engineer responsible for PPA optimisation of netlists, collaborating with RTL and Physical design teams to deliver high-quality netlists and contribute to FPGA/ASIC GPU development for Apple Silicon.

Responsibilities

  • PPA optimisation of the netlist
  • Collaborate with RTL and Physical design teams
  • Deliver key netlist quality milestones for your partition
  • Understand and improve current methodologies
  • Deliver outstanding GPUs for consumer products
  • Collaborate with IP teams spanning multiple sites
  • Implement ECOs for functionality and timing
  • Analyze critical paths and guide RTL designs to efficient solutions
  • Use logic equivalence tools for RTL and Gate-level designs
  • Familiarity with DFT insertion and reset domain/multi-clock/multi-power domain (UPF) concepts across RTL and Gate-Level
  • Assist in physical design and static timing analysis principles

Qualifications

  • Minimum of BSc in EE
  • Proficient in Verilog and/or System Verilog and scripting languages
  • Experience with physical synthesis, including logic and PPA optimisation techniques
  • Understanding and application of physical design and static timing analysis principles
  • Familiarity with DFT insertion
  • Familiarity with reset domain, multi-clock domain, multi-power domain (UPF), linting tools and concepts across RTL and Gate-Level
  • Experience implementing ECOs for functionality and timing
  • Ability to analyze critical paths and guide RTL designs to efficient solutions
  • Experience using logic equivalence tools for RTL and Gate-level designs
  • Collaborate optimally with IP teams spanning multiple sites

Skills

Required:PPA optimisationVerilog/SystemVerilogScripting languagesPhysical synthesisPhysical design principlesCritical path analysis
Nice to have:DFT insertionReset/domain/multi-clock/multi-power (UPF)Linting toolsECOsLogic equivalence tools
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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