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CPU Physical Design and Integration Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Santa Clara, California$150.4k - $277.6kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a processor design effort collaborating across domains, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. You will participate in the physical design, integration, and verification of high performance, low power processor development.

Responsibilities

  • Full chip floorplan, area optimizations, block partitioning and pin placements
  • Own chip level place and route (PnR), final CPU layout database construction, and verification (PDV)
  • Evaluate route ability, power grid and technology bring up
  • Drive custom layout integration and IPs for CPU
  • Work with the Implementation/CAD teams during the entire chip design cycle to drive signoff closure for tapeout
  • Work with the SOC team to meet IP technical and delivery requirements
  • Participate in establishing CAD and physical design methodologies
  • Participate in flow development for chip integration and analysis
  • Scripting to automate tasks and improve debug efficiency

Qualifications

  • Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Experience with place and route and physical verification
  • Experience with a scripting language such as Perl or Tcl
  • Knowledge of industry standard place and route tools and practices in physical design, including floor planning
  • Experience in physical construction, integration, PDV, DRC/LVS verification
  • Experience in partitioning, budgeting, pin planning
  • Working knowledge of Python
  • Solid understanding of CMOS circuit design
  • Working knowledge of clock design and physical implementation of custom clocks
  • Layout design background is a plus
  • Working knowledge of extraction, STA, EMIR methodology, and tools
  • Ability to work well in a team, being an excellent problem solver, and self-motivated

Skills

Required:Place and routePhysical verificationScripting

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • potential discretionary bonuses or commission payments
  • relocation assistance
  • Apple Employee Stock Purchase Plan participation
  • discretionary employee stock awards
Last updated Jul 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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