Apple
Power & Performance Engineer - Platform Architecture
$185K–$325K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 27, 2026
- Experience
- 10 years industry experience preferred; no minimum years stated.
- Education
- BS in EE, Materials Science, Physics, similar engineering degree or equivalent work experience; MS or PhD preferred.
About the job
Deprocesses, images, and analyzes silicon to assess process technology, circuit design, memory architecture, and logic efficiency, informing Apple’s silicon roadmap and design.
What you'll do
- Perform semiconductor physical analysis of SoCs through deprocessing, imaging, and characterization.
- Analyze physical images to assess process technology, circuit and memory designs, and silicon efficiency.
- Coordinate deprocessing campaigns and report findings to cross-functional silicon design teams.
What they ask for
- BS in EE, Materials Science, Physics, a similar engineering degree, or equivalent work experience.
- Experience in semiconductor physical analysis, including layer-by-layer deprocessing, SEM/TEM/FIB imaging, or EDS characterization of SoCs.
Nice to have
- MS or PhD in EE, Materials Science, Physics, or a similar engineering degree.
- 10 years industry experience; silicon implementation knowledge, image-analysis and scripting experience (Python, shell), and experience coordinating with failure analysis labs or vendors.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (base salary)
Tools
chemical etch, mechanical polish, pFIB, SEM, TEM, FIB, EDS, Python
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