Apple
Custom Library Design Lead
$175K–$308K
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- At least 10 years of relevant industry experience; preferred qualification specifies 10+ years in standard-cell library development.
- Education
- BS; Master's degree preferred.
About the job
Leads a custom circuits team developing, characterizing, and releasing standard-cell and power-management libraries for Apple silicon, with a focus on performance, power, and chip integration.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor circuit design engineers, providing technical guidance.
- Drive standard-cell and power-management-cell design, development, characterization, QA, and PPA improvement.
- Manage library checks, methodologies, foundry coordination, PDK migration, validation, and releases; work with CPU, SoC, GPU, and cellular teams on integration requirements.
What they ask for
- BS degree and at least 10 years of relevant industry experience.
- Proven experience developing, driving, and implementing design methodologies.
- Proven experience leading and mentoring a small team.
- Knowledge of standard-cell layout, DRM, DRC/LVS decks, PDV flows, and Virtuoso.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of experience in standard-cell library development.
- Master's degree; experience with advanced-node devices, flops, complex standard cells, power-management cells, or agentic/AI-driven design optimization.
Pay
$175,000 and $308,500 (base salary range)
Tools
DRM, DRC/LVS decks, PDV flows, Virtuoso, PDK
AI focus
Familiarity with AI-driven design optimization, checks, and flows is preferred.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative