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GPU Physical Design Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (Austin)Full-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Role in Apple’s Silicon Technologies group focusing on implementing complete GPU design from RTL to tapeout, with emphasis on physical design, PPA optimization, and large chip integration.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with the FE team to understand chip architecture and drive physical aspects early in design cycle.
  • Drive outstanding PD construction and optimization recipes for performance, power and Area (PPA).
  • Work on pioneering designs in the latest technology nodes.
  • Collaborate to drive methodologies and “best known methods” to streamline PD work, come up with guidelines and checklists, drive execution, and supervise progress.
  • Drive the work among place and route engineers, set goals and breakthroughs, plan short and long-term work, understand dependencies between different domains like top, STA, block PnR.
  • Lead and resolve design and flow issues related to physical design, identify potential solutions and drive execution.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Engineering or Computer Science required.
  • Experience or coursework in one or more of the following areas: physical design, synthesis, DFT or clocking.
  • Experience or coursework with digital logic design, RTL, CMOS transistor logics or VLSI concepts.
  • Experience with scripting languages such as TCL, Python, Perl or shell scripting.

Skills

Required:Physical designDigital logic designScripting
Last updated Jul 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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