Apple
Physical Synthesis CAD Engineer
$216K–$394K
Austin, Texas +2 · Full-time · Posted Jul 13, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Cupertino, California
Santa Clara, California - Experience
- Minimum requirement of BS + 20 years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- BS
About the job
Develop and validate physical synthesis techniques, tools, and implementation flows to improve Apple Silicon processor performance, power, and area.
What you'll do
- Develop physical synthesis methods and validate them through implementation flows, including PNR, STA, and power analysis.
- Optimize RTL and partner with design teams to improve PPA through tools, methodologies, and flows.
- Develop custom and ML-based solutions, deploy them across Apple Silicon projects, and influence EDA vendor tools.
What they ask for
- Experience with TCL, Python or Perl scripting languages.
- Experience with industry standard Synthesis tools such as Fusion Compiler or Genus.
- Experience working with CAD Tools & flow.
- BS + 20 years of relevant industry experience.
Nice to have
- Experience in Implementation flows and methodologies (Synthesis, PNR, STA sign-off); hands-on knowledge of Genus and Innovus.
- Understanding of Extraction and STA methodology and tools; Power Analysis tools like PTPX are a plus.
Pay
$216,200 to $394,000 USD base salary
Tools
TCL, Python, Perl, Fusion Compiler, Genus, PNR, STA, PTPX
AI focus
Create ML-based methodologies for challenging high-performance, low-power design problems.
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