{"title": "ASIC Design Engineer - Neural Engine DMA", "summary": "Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly sophisticated challenges? As part of our Hardware Technologies group, you\u2019ll help design our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient system-on-chips (SoCs). You will ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions! Joining this group means you\u2019ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple\u2019s devices. Together, we will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices!\n\nIn this highly transparent role, you will be at the center of the Pixel IP design effort to accelerate machine learning applications. You will collaborate with all teams, making a critical impact getting functional products to millions of customers quickly.", "description": "As an ASIC Design Engineer in the Pixel IP DMA team, you will work closely with architecture, design, and verification teams to build dedication and low power DMA engines. Apply your knowledge of flow control, arbitration, cache design, compression, pipelining, sequencers, and other techniques to coordinate moving large amounts of data between the memory subsystem and the Apple Neural Engine Core (ANE).\n\n\nIn this front-end design role, your tasks will include: \n- Coding high-quality RTL, with embedded assertions and cover points.\n\n- Writing detailed micro-architectural specifications.\n\n- Collaborating with multi-functional teams to explore solutions that improve performance while minimizing power and area.\n\n- Working closely with design verification and formal verification teams to debug and verify functionality and performance.\n\n- Working independently and handle deliverables to align with the project goals and support multi-functional engineering efforts.", "key_qualifications": "Experience in SoC front-end ASIC RTL digital logic design using Verilog or System Verilog.\nExperience working multi-functionally with architecture, design, and verification teams to specify, design, and debug designs.\nExperience in front-end implementation tasks such as synthesis, timing, area/power analysis, linting, and logic equivalence checks.\nTight-knit collaboration skills with excellent written and verbal communication skills.\nStrong understanding of flow control, arbitration, address translation, caching, on-chip interconnects, and performance analysis.\nPrefer previous experience designing dedication DMA engines, multimedia IPs (especially AI/ML applications), data storage, memory controllers, networking, image processing, interconnects, and/or low power design.\nPrefer familiarity with common on-chip bus protocols such as AMBA (AXI, AHB, APB), and relevant scripting languages (Python, Perl, TCL).", "preferred_qualifications": "", "education_experience": "Bachelor's degree + 10 Years of Experience", "additional_requirements": "", "pay_benefits": "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 $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.\n\nApple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple\u2019s 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\u2019s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You\u2019ll 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 \u2014 including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.\n\nNote: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.", "company": "apple"}