Apple
CPU Physical Design Methodology and Optimization Engineer
$150K–$278K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 14, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Develops and optimizes physical-design methods and flows to improve power, performance, and area for CPU designs, including machine-learning applications in silicon design.
What you'll do
- Work with CPU, CAD, and design teams to develop flows and algorithms that improve PPA.
- Analyze design partitions to identify optimization opportunities and develop physical-design flows to improve CPU performance and efficiency.
- Collaborate with STA, library, technology, and post-silicon teams on physical-design optimization.
What they ask for
- Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience in digital circuits, timing/power concepts, and logic design.
- Experience with TCL or Perl.
Nice to have
- Strong fundamentals in high-performance and low-power physical-design techniques.
- Experience with industry-standard synthesis, PnR, and STA tools; proficiency in Python, TCL, or Perl.
Pay
USD 150,400 to USD 277,600 base salary
Tools
TCL, Perl, Python, synthesis, PnR, STA
AI focus
Applies machine-learning techniques in the silicon-design space.
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