Apple
Physical Design Engineer
$174K–$225K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 3 years in the job offered or a related occupation.
- Education
- Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering or related field.
About the job
Implements and verifies physical design for advanced-node SoC partitions, optimizing power, performance, and area through tape-out signoff.
What you'll do
- Analyze and reduce static and dynamic power; implement low-power techniques to meet power targets.
- Perform floor planning, placement, routing, timing and physical/electrical verification, ECO fixes, and signoff through netlist-to-GDS2 implementation.
- Develop scripts and CAD flows to automate tasks and improve efficiency; collaborate with logic design teams on partition architecture.
What they ask for
- Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering or a related field.
- 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
- Experience with Innovus or Fusion Compiler APR tools, physical design on 7nm-and-below nodes, and block-level implementation.
- Experience with static timing analysis, IR/IVD analysis, LVC/DRC debugging, low-power design techniques, and scripting in TCL, Perl, or Python.
Pay
USD $174,149 - $225,300/yr base salary
Tools
Innovus, Fusion Compiler, TCL, Perl, Python
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