DFT CAD Engineer

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, smart people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? As a member of our dynamic group, you will have the unique and rewarding opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple’s customers every single day.

Description

Our Hardware Technology team is responsible for Apple’s breakthrough custom silicon and hardware technologies including battery, applications processors, storage controllers, sensors silicon, display silicon and other chipsets across Apple’s entire product line.

As part of our CAD and Methodology team in Apple’s world-class Silicon Engineering Group, you will be involved with the complete DFT and ATPG CAD solution for all design projects.

- Develop and implement DFT and ATPG flow
- Participate in development and implementation of DFT architecture with design team
- Work with the DFT and Synthesis CAD team to verify DFT implementations
- Support tool and infrastructure to generate structural test vectors , analyzing and improving coverage
- Work with DFT designers on STA, physical, power and logical issues
- Drive DFT and ATPG vendor engagements

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum requirements of BS + 3 years of industry experience
Experience with Perl, Tcl, or Python scripting languages
Exposure to industry-standard DFT and ATPG tools required

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge about industrial standards and practices in DFT, including ATPG, JTAG, and MBIST
Knowledge of Verilog and/or VHDL, and experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools preferred
Experience in debugging Compressed ATPG patterns, MBIST, and JTAG/1500-related issues
Familiarity with synthesis tools preferred