CAD Flow Automation and AI Engineer
Apple· Hardware
Sunnyvale, CA$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 6mo ago
About the role
Role within the HWT CAD team focused on enhancing and maintaining automation for analysis and QA, as well as AI applications for CAD and design teams. Drive innovation through frontier technology projects and proof-of-concepts, collaborate across sites, and ensure high-quality results through requirements gathering, specifications, and project plans.
Responsibilities
- Enhance and maintain the automation system used for analysis and QA
- Enhance and maintain existing AI applications serving CAD and design teams
- Drive innovation through frontier technology projects and proof-of-concepts
- Gather requirements and integrate components with cross-functional CAD and design teams
- Create detailed specifications and project plans
- Execute initiatives through partnerships with CAD and design teams across multiple sites
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to stakeholders and align technical solutions with business requirements
Qualifications
- BS + 10 years of relevant industry experience
- Demonstrated understanding of GenAI models (e.g., GPT, BERT) and their application in real-world solutions
- Software engineering experience with modular, object-oriented design and familiarity with industry-standard development processes
- Programming skills in Python, Java, or C++
- High ownership, self-sufficient, hands-on
- Hands-on experience developing AI-powered applications
- Experience designing and deploying agentic AI systems
- Extensive knowledge of popular LLMs (Gemini, Claude)
- Curious, self-motivated, and able to drive improvements to model evaluation pipelines and annotation programs
- Outstanding communication skills (written and verbal)
- Experience with dashboards/tools like Splunk (plus)
- Experience with version control tools like Perforce or Git (plus)
Skills
Required:GenAI / LLMsSoftware engineeringProgrammingLLMs (Gemini, Claude)Communication
Nice to have:Agentic AI systemsModel evaluation pipelines & annotation programs
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Discounted products and free services
- Educational expense reimbursement (tuition)
- Discretionary bonuses or commission payments as applicable
- Relocation assistance where relevant
- Apple shareholder opportunities via discretionary employee stock programs
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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