Apple
CPU Power Management Microarchitect/RTL Engineer
$150K–$278K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2025
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Develop CPU power-management architecture and RTL, supporting verification, performance analysis, and physical-design delivery for Apple silicon.
What you'll do
- Develop microarchitecture and detailed specifications for CPU power-management solutions.
- Own or refine RTL to meet power, performance, area, and timing goals; support functional verification.
- Explore and verify performance strategies, and collaborate on physical design implementation.
What they ask for
- BS degree and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience with microprocessor architecture and logic design principles, including timing and power implications.
- Experience in Verilog or VHDL.
- Experience with simulators and waveform debugging.
Nice to have
- Expertise in power-management areas such as DVFS/DVFM, thermal and energy management, power states, clocking, or power integrity.
- Experience with C or C++, Perl or Python; understanding of low-power or high-performance CPU microarchitecture techniques.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
Verilog, VHDL, C, C++, Perl, Python
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