Apple
GPU Physical Verification Design Engineer
$185K–$325K
Austin, Texas +1 · Full-time · Posted Jan 29, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Santa Clara, California - Experience
- 10 years of relevant experience.
- Education
- BS
About the job
Drives physical verification closure for GPU designs from early planning through tapeout, working with Physical Design and cross-functional teams to resolve design and flow issues.
What you'll do
- Develop physical verification methodologies, guidelines, and checklists; drive execution and track progress.
- Provide physical verification support and resolve physical design and flow issues.
- Coordinate physical design verification needs with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- BS and 10 years of relevant experience.
- Experience with hierarchical and top-down design, budgeting, and physical convergence.
- Experience with physical verification checks, including at least one of Base/Metal DRC, ERC, LVS, Process ANT, PERC, or ESD.
- Experience with P&R flows and Physical Verification tools, such as Calibre.
Nice to have
- Experience integrating internal and external IP and defining physical-domain requirements.
- Experience with large subsystem designs (>20M gates), frequencies above 1GHz, and new technologies.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
Calibre, P&R
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