Apple
CPU Implementation Engineer
Austin, Texas · Full-time · Posted Apr 14, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS
About the job
Implements CPU blocks, driving RTL-to-GDS physical design and collaborating on memory-subsystem and pipeline trade-offs.
What you'll do
- Work with micro-architects on memory-subsystem feasibility, area, frequency, performance, and power trade-offs, and pipeline-stage design.
- Drive RTL-to-GDS through synthesis and place-and-route to meet power, performance, and area targets.
- Implement and validate physical design with cross-functional teams, including timing, area, reliability, testability, and power.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science degree or higher.
- At least 3 years of relevant industry experience.
- Scripting experience in Perl or TCL.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with high-performance microprocessor architecture and logic design principles, including timing and power implications.
- Knowledge of low-power microarchitecture, deep sub-micron technologies and device physics, or synthesis and place-route tools.
Tools
Perl, TCL, RTL-to-GDS, synthesis, place-and-route
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