RTL Design Engineer

Apple is seeking a highly motivated RTL Design Engineer to join its world-class mixed-signal silicon design team in Irvine, California. This role involves specifying, designing, and assisting in the verification and lab bring-up of sophisticated mixed-signal circuits. The engineer will be responsible for micro-architecting digital blocks, RTL coding, and collaborating with the design verification team. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to future Apple products, building on a strong foundation in digital logic and gaining exposure to analog circuits and modern silicon engineering flows.

Must Have

• BS degree in technical discipline with minimum 10 years of proven experience
• Proven knowledge of RTL design, Verilog and SystemVerilog
• Deep knowledge of front-end tools (Verilog simulators, linters, clock-domain crossing checkers)
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Specify and/or micro-architect digital blocks in sophisticated mixed-signal circuits
• RTL coding of blocks
• Participate in design verification and bring-up of blocks
• Contribute to lab bring-up of circuits

Good to Have

• Solid understanding of mixed signal concepts
• Validated knowledge of synthesis, static timing and DFT
• Validated knowledge of SystemVerilog assertions, checkers, and other design verification techniques
• Knowledge of scripting languages; Perl and Python

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses (including tuition)
• Eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Eligibility for relocation
• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through discretionary employee stock programs
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount via Employee Stock Purchase Plan

At Apple, we work every day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. If you’re passionate about tackling unsolved challenges, we have an exciting opportunity for a results-oriented and highly motivated RTL Design Engineer. Are you early in your journey towards a chip design career and wish to challenge yourself in a technical and multi-disciplinary endeavor? If so, this is an exciting position in the world class Apple mixed-signal silicon design team! This position will build on a solid foundation in digital logic circuits and provide an introduction into understanding analog circuits. You will work with a variety of flows fundamental to modern silicon engineering: model and integrate high mixed signal and analog IPs into high-speed digital circuits ensuring formal equivalence between custom designs and their abstract representation. This is a great chance to gain valuable experience and knowledge in software methods and analysis, which are increasingly crucial across various disciplines. As a member of our wide-ranging group, you will have the exceptional opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple’s customers every day. You will be working to specify, design, and help in the verification and lab bring-up of sophisticated mixed-signal circuits (digital side).

In this job you will be responsible for specifying and/or micro-architecting digital blocks in sophisticated mixed-signal circuits. You will be responsible for RTL coding of blocks specified by you or others. You will also participate in the design verification and bring-up of such blocks by writing meaningful assertions, debugging code, and otherwise interacting with the design verification team. You will contribute to the lab bring-up of those circuits by potentially writing test scripts, analyzing lab data, proposing experiments, etc.

• BS degree in technical discipline with minimum 10 years of proven experience.
• Proven knowledge of RTL design, Verilog and SystemVerilog
• Deep knowledge of front-end tools (Verilog simulators, linters, clock-domain crossing checkers)
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Solid understanding of mixed signal concepts is a plus
• Validated knowledge of synthesis, static timing and DFT is a plus
• Validated knowledge of SystemVerilog assertions, checkers, and other design verification techniques are a plus
• Knowledge of scripting languages; Perl and Python are a plus

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $171,600 and $302,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.