Apple
GPU Physical Design Engineer, STA/Timing
Austin, Texas · Full-time · Posted Nov 10, 2025
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering required; Master’s degree preferred.
About the job
Own timing closure and signoff for complex GPU designs, collaborating across engineering teams to support high-quality silicon tapeout.
What you'll do
- Coordinate timing constraints between RTL, architecture, and backend design flows; partner with synthesis and physical design teams on optimization.
- Set up DFT modes, assemble top-level STA, maintain reporting automation, and run ECO flows for timing closure.
- Run signoff checks for tapeout and improve analysis flows with CAD teams and vendors.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
- Experience or coursework in physical design, synthesis, DFT, or clocking.
- Experience or coursework in digital logic design, RTL, DV (testing), CMOS transistor logics, or VLSI concepts.
- Experience with scripting languages such as TCL, Python, Perl, or shell scripting.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree.
- Internship or prior work experience in timing closure or physical design; EDA tools, APIs, advanced timing concepts, or large-volume data analysis are also preferred.
Tools
TCL, Python, Perl, shell scripting, EDA tools
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