Apple
CPU Clock Implementation Engineer
$185K–$325K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 14, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS
About the job
Plans, designs, implements, and analyzes clock systems for CPU designs, including physical design and automation.
What you'll do
- Perform clock planning, build simulation models, and implement clocks physically.
- Conduct clock analysis and participate in block physical design.
- Write scripts to automate tasks and improve efficiency.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science degree.
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Programming and scripting experience in Perl and TCL.
Nice to have
- Physical design, analysis, and verification experience on large processor and/or SoC designs.
- Knowledge of clock specifications, physical design and verification, low-power design, circuit design, and related implementation methods.
Pay
USD $184,700 to USD $324,800 base salary
Tools
Perl, TCL, Spice
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