Apple
AI Methodology Design/CAD Engineer
$185K–$325K
Austin, Texas +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Cupertino, California - Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- BS
About the job
Applies AI methods to chip design by developing and evaluating AI agents, CAD tools, and workflows in partnership with design teams and CAD flow owners.
What you'll do
- Identify design challenges where AI can help and evaluate agent performance using data and quality metrics.
- Tune AI agents and develop CAD tools and flows that connect agents with design data and EDA tools.
- Evaluate vendor and in-house AI tools and help the organization use AI to improve chip delivery efficiency.
What they ask for
- 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.
Nice to have
- Experience building LLM applications or tool-using AI agents, including MCP servers, or evaluating and tuning AI systems.
- Experience with machine learning for design data, chip design flows, EDA tools, CAD methodology, testbenches, regression tests, or signoff checks.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (base salary)
Tools
Python, Model Context Protocol (MCP), EDA tools, LLM applications, AI coding assistants
AI focus
Build, tune, and evaluate AI agents for chip-design challenges; connect agents to design data and EDA tools; assess AI output quality and apply machine learning to design data.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative