Apple
CPU Implementation Lead Engineer
$185K–$325K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 13, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Leads CPU implementation and delivery, coordinating physical design and RTL-to-GDS work to meet power, performance, area, and schedule targets.
What you'll do
- Own or participate in CPU IP delivery and physical-design implementation and validation.
- Coordinate tradeoffs and bottleneck removal with partition and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Contribute to RTL-to-GDS flow improvements and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- Minimum BS degree.
- Experience driving chip implementation from definition through silicon correlation.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams spanning technology, architecture, RTL, and physical design.
- Experience in synthesis and place-and-route.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with high-performance microprocessor architecture and CPU power, performance, and area improvement.
- Perl and/or TCL scripting; deep-submicron design, transistor-level design, or device physics experience.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (USD, base salary)
Tools
RTL-to-GDS, synthesis, place-and-route, Perl, TCL
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