Drimva

Apple

CPU ML Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

$150K–$278K

Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2025

Experience
3+ years of relevant industry experience.
Education
Minimum BS.

About the job

Develop CPU machine-learning accelerator architecture and RTL for Apple Silicon, from early architectural exploration through design delivery and verification.

What you'll do

  • Develop microarchitecture and detailed specifications.
  • Own and refine RTL to meet power, performance, area, and timing goals; explore and correlate performance.
  • Support verification and collaborate on physical-design implementation, including timing, area, reliability, testability, and power.

What they ask for

  • Experience with microprocessor architecture.
  • Experience with logic design principles and their timing and power implications.
  • Experience in Verilog or VHDL.
  • Experience with simulators and waveform debugging.

Nice to have

  • Expertise in one or more CPU areas such as out-of-order execution, instruction scheduling, execution units, or cache and memory subsystems; understanding of low-power or high-performance CPU microarchitecture techniques.
  • Experience in C or C++ and an interpretive language such as Perl or Python.

Pay

$150,400 and $277,600 (USD base salary range)

Tools

Verilog, VHDL, C, C++, Perl, Python

AI focus

Develop CPU machine-learning accelerator architecture and RTL.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)