Apple
CPU Design Timing Engineer
Austin, Texas · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Education
- Minimum BS required
About the job
Own timing closure for a CPU project by developing timing flows, analyzing timing, and coordinating changes with implementation, RTL, and microarchitecture teams.
What you'll do
- Work with the CAD team to develop project timing flows and write scripts to improve analysis and engineer efficiency.
- Work with CPU micro-architects and implementation engineers to drive timing closure.
- Support timing changes, analysis, and closure across the project.
What they ask for
- Minimum BS required.
- Experience writing scripts in one or more of TCL, Perl, or Python.
Nice to have
- Implementation experience on high-performance CPU designs and working knowledge of CPU microarchitecture, low-power techniques, and physical design methodology and tools.
- Experience with timing for 1 ghz+ designs, multiple clock and power domains, Primetime or Tempus, and cross-talk, noise, OCV, uncertainty, and derate methodology.
Tools
TCL, Perl, Python, Primetime, Tempus
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