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AI Methodology Design/CAD Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Cupertino, California, Austin, Texas$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

In the Silicon Technologies group, design and manufacture next-generation high-performance, power-efficient processors/SoCs. Contribute to bringing AI methodology to chip design within the Hardware Technology CAD team, collaborating across design and CAD flows to apply AI to complex VLSI design challenges across RTL/front-end, physical design, timing, extraction, and signoff.

Responsibilities

  • Partnering with design teams and CAD flow owners across multiple projects to understand complex design challenges and where AI can help
  • Contributing to evaluation data and quality metrics, and running evaluations across models to find where an agent fails
  • Tuning AI agents, including their prompts, tools, agent skills and choice of model
  • Developing CAD tools and flows that let AI agents work with design data and EDA tools
  • Evaluating AI tools from EDA vendors alongside in-house solutions
  • Enabling the organization to leverage AI capabilities and drive efficiency in chip delivery

Qualifications

  • Minimum requirement of BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Experience using AI tools, such as AI coding assistants, in engineering work
  • Experience in VLSI design, CAD tools or CAD flows
  • Experience in Python programming
  • Experience building LLM applications or tool-using AI agents, including Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers
  • Experience evaluating or tuning AI systems, such as agent performance or output quality
  • Experience applying machine learning to design data, such as predicting timing or power
  • Understanding of the chip design flow, from spec to tapeout
  • Hands-on knowledge of industry-standard EDA tools for simulation, synthesis, place and route, extraction, timing or physical verification
  • Experience developing CAD tools, CAD flows or design methodology
  • Experience writing testbenches, regression tests or signoff checks

Skills

Required:BS degree with 10+ years experienceExperience with AI tools in engineeringVLSI design, CAD tools or CAD flowsPython programmingChip design flow knowledgeEDA tools
Nice to have:LLM applications / tool-using AI agentsAI system evaluation and tuningMachine learning applied to design dataCAD tool/flow developmentTestbenches / regression tests

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Educational reimbursement including tuition
  • Discretionary bonuses or commissions potential
  • Relocation assistance
  • Employee stock programs (RSUs, stock purchase plan)
Last updated Oct 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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