Apple
Physical Design Engineer
$129K–$225K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 11, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
About the job
Performs physical design for high-performance PHYs from RTL through final GDSII, coordinating with architecture, CAD, timing, and logic design teams.
What you'll do
- Create timing constraints and full-chip floorplans, including pin placement, partitions, and power grids.
- Perform place-and-route and close designs to timing, area, and power constraints; implement ECOs to resolve timing, noise, and EM/IR violations.
- Run physical-design verification and support CAD methodology and chip-integration flow development.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-performance PHY and/or SoC designs and physical-design practices, including synthesis, floorplanning, and place-and-route.
- Experience with power-grid and clock specifications, physical verification, Verilog, Perl/Tcl, extraction, and STA.
Pay
$129,300 and $225,300 (base salary range)
Tools
RTL, GDSII, Verilog, Perl/Tcl, LVS/DRC, STA
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