Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
At 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 unusually creative RTL Design Engineer. As part of our multifaceted group, you will have the rare and great opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple’s customers every single day.

You will join the AMS (Analog Mixed Signal) Design Team, providing outstanding PHY designs for high-performance, low power applications. As a logic 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 in our Munich team.

Key responsibilities include:
- Working with systems team to understand top level requirements of digital functions and develop detailed specifications
- Implementing functions using Verilog RTL according to specifications
- Partitioning functions between hardware and firmware for efficient implementation
- Developing RTL and firmware to implement functions
- Performing unit level testing on RTL functions

Additional responsibilities may include:
- RTL synthesis
- Equivalence checking and Static Timing Analysis
- Developing firmware to support Design Verification (DV) and Automated Test Equipment (ATE) environments
- Supporting the DV team by writing self-checking tests as required

Experience
- Experience in digital design including RTL design
- Knowledge of best practices for digital logic implementation
- Basic understanding of analog and full custom circuit design
- Understanding of digital design flow including RTL simulation, logic synthesis, timing constraints, timing closure, STA, back annotation of parasitics, gate level simulation, equivalence checking
- Basic understanding of Design Verification (DV) and ability to write self-checking test suites
- Ability to analyze designs and partition between hardware implementation and software control
- Understanding of ASIC test methodology such as scan insertion, memory BIST and test pattern generation
- Ability to write assembly level and higher level code
- Hands-on lab evaluation experience

About you
- Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Desire to seek diverse challenges with international teams
- Ability to work well with international teams, take ownership and motivate self and others
- Proficiency in English language

Qualifications
- Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or proven industrial experience/degree equivalent

Equal Opportunity
Apple is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.