Apple
CPU Power Management Microarchitect/RTL 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
Develop CPU power-management microarchitecture and RTL, then support verification, performance exploration, and design delivery.
What you'll do
- Develop microarchitecture and specifications, from early architectural exploration through detailed design.
- Own or refine RTL to meet power, performance, area, and timing goals; support verification using test benches, formal methods, and simulation/emulation.
- Explore and correlate performance, and work with cross-functional teams on physical design considerations including timing, area, reliability, testability, and power.
What they ask for
- Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience with microprocessor architecture and logic design principles with timing and power implications.
- Experience in Verilog or VHDL.
- Experience with simulators and waveform debugging.
Nice to have
- Expertise in one or more listed areas such as DVFS/DVFM, thermal and energy management, power states, dynamic clocking, or Di/dt mitigation.
- Understanding of low-power and high-performance CPU microarchitecture techniques; experience in C or C++, Perl, or Python.
Pay
$150,400 to $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
Verilog, VHDL, C, C++, Perl, Python
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