Apple
CPU Implementation Engineer
$185K–$325K
Beaverton, Oregon +1 · Full-time · Posted Apr 13, 2026
- Location
- Beaverton, Oregon
Santa Clara, California - Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Implements CPU blocks, driving RTL-to-GDS convergence and delivering designs that meet power, performance, area, and backend requirements.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with micro-architects on microarchitecture, design feasibility, and PPA trade-offs; optimize RTL and drive RTL-to-GDS convergence.
- Deliver block-level designs, close backend flows and electrical requirements, and improve silicon yield.
- Coordinate with CAD, physical-design, top-level, and custom-IP teams on tools, floorplanning, timing, power, reliability, testability, and memory and cell optimization.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree and relevant industry experience as specified below.
- Experience in logic design and digital circuits.
- Experience with low power and high frequency design techniques.
- Experience with TCL or Perl.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with high performance CPU microprocessor architecture and memory sub-system; knowledge of deep sub-micon technology and its timing, power, and area implications.
- Proficiency with industry-standard logic Synthesis, PnR, STA and Power analysis tools; floor-planning, physical design partitioning, and timing budgeting.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (base salary range)
Tools
TCL, Perl, Synthesis, PnR, STA
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