Apple
CPU Implementation Engineer
Beaverton, Oregon · Full-time · Posted Jun 13, 2026
- Education
- Minimum BS
About the job
Implements CPU block-level physical design, balancing microarchitectural trade-offs and driving RTL-to-GDS delivery to meet power, performance, and area goals.
What you'll do
- Work with micro-architects on memory subsystem feasibility, pipeline design, and area, frequency, performance, and power trade-offs.
- Drive RTL-to-GDS through synthesis and place-and-route.
- Implement and validate physical design for timing, area, reliability, testability, and power.
What they ask for
- Minimum BS.
- Academic coursework or industry experience in VLSI and/or digital circuit design.
- Experience scripting in Perl or TCL.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with high performance microprocessor architecture and logic design principles, including timing and power implications.
- Understanding of low power microarchitecture, deep sub-micron technologies and device physics, or experience with synthesis & place-route tools.
Tools
Perl, TCL
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