VLSI CAD Engineer (Electronics Engineer)

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Support and develop in-house CAD flows related to Analog and Mixed-signal simulation. Solve issues related to transistor level simulations on Analog, RF and Millimeter wave applications with Spice simulators on command-line and Virtuoso environment. Help designers in solving tool issues related to SPICE Simulation/ADE/OCEAN/Maestro tool, Circuit ERC checks with industry circuit checker tools and in developing/supporting the flow automation.

Write custom scripts around the vendor tools to provide add-on functionalities to the designers. Test and verify vendor tool accuracy. Work with CAD tool vendors to identify and resolve bugs, improve tool usability, and evaluate new tools and features. Perform expert debug of design errors to direct expeditious resolution; explain user errors to designers; explain tool errors to EDA partners. Install, configure, and support foundry tech files and the testing and validation of circuit ERC checks related to Analog, Digital and Mixed-Signal designs. 40 hours/week.