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Physical Design Methodology CAD Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (San Diego, California, United States), Hybrid (Austin, Texas, United States), Hybrid (San Jose, California, United States), Hybrid (Santa Clara, California, United States)$142.3k - $263.3kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Join Apple’s Silicon Technologies group as a Physical Design Methodology CAD Engineer to help design and manufacture next-generation high-performance, power-efficient SoCs. Develop flows, tools, and methodologies for CAD/physical design, enable new technology nodes, and improve PPA and productivity using GenAI and ML. Collaborate with design teams and tool vendors to address physical design challenges across CPU, GPU, Analog/Mixed Signal, and SoC designs.

Responsibilities

  • Participating and engaging with cross functional teams to tackle key physical design challenges.
  • Developing innovative solutions in physical design and optimization space.
  • Developing and supporting implementation flows for multiple projects and design teams.
  • Developing and maintaining custom CAD tools for implementation and signoff.
  • Creating flows to enable successful deployment of new technology nodes.
  • Developing tools and methodologies for best-in-class PPA and productivity including ML based solutions.
  • Use and leverage GenAI tools to develop GenAI applications to improve Design team productivity.
  • Collaborating with other teams such as physical design verification, RC extraction, IR and static timing analysis (STA).
  • Working directly with EDA tool vendors to resolve tool issues and identify areas for tool improvements.

Qualifications

  • Experience in CAD Tool, CAD flow or PD methodology.
  • Knowledge of Tcl, Python or Perl scripting languages.
  • Minimum requirement of BS+ 3 years of relevant industry experience
  • Hands on knowledge of industry standard PNR tools.
  • Hands on experience with high performance and low power implementation flows.
  • Understanding of some of the analysis involved in Physical Design - extraction, timing, noise, physical verification, EMIR.

Skills

Required:CAD ToolCAD flowscripting

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • range of discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments as applicable
  • relocation may be provided
  • Apple stock participation via Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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