Apple
CPU Implementation Engineer
$150K–$278K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 13, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Implements CPU blocks from RTL through GDS, optimizing power, performance, and area while delivering backend design closure.
What you'll do
- Partner with micro-architects on microarchitecture, 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
- BS degree.
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience in logic design and digital circuits.
- Experience with TCL or Perl.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with high performance CPU microprocessor architecture.
- Experience with industry-standard logic synthesis, PnR, STA, and power analysis tools, including floor-planning, pin-placement, and timing budgeting.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 (base salary range)
Tools
TCL, Perl, RTL, synthesis, place-and-route, STA
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