Apple
CPU Full Chip Physical Integration Engineer
Austin, Texas · Full-time · Posted Apr 21, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Integrates and verifies high-performance, low-power CPU physical designs through tapeout.
What you'll do
- Own chip-level floorplanning, place and route, final layout database construction, and physical design verification.
- Develop and validate power grids; drive custom layout integration and full-chip EM/IR, electrical, and formal verification.
- Coordinate with implementation, CAD, and SoC teams on signoff, delivery requirements, and physical-design methodologies.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Scripting experience in Perl or TCL.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of physical-design practices, including floorplanning, partitioning, budgeting, place and route, and physical verification.
- Experience developing power-grid and clock specifications; familiarity with verification tools such as Conformal LP, LEC, RedHawk, or Calibre.
Tools
Perl, TCL, Conformal LP, LEC, RedHawk, Calibre
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