Apple
SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR
$150K–$278K
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 15, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Implements SoC design partitions from netlist through tapeout, closing timing and physical/electrical verification to meet design goals.
What you'll do
- Partner with logic design to understand partition architecture and address physical design early.
- Complete netlist-to-GDS2 implementation for assigned partitions.
- Resolve physical-design and flow issues, and drive timing, physical, and electrical signoff.
What they ask for
- BS degree and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Partition-level P&R experience, including floorplanning, clock and power distribution, timing closure, and physical and electrical verification.
- Knowledge of physical-design construction and analysis flows and methodology.
- Experience with industry-standard tools and understanding of their capabilities and underlying algorithms.
Nice to have
- Experience with large SoC designs (>20M gates) with frequencies above 1GHz.
- Experience with sub-10nm technology nodes; ability to meet stringent schedule and die-size requirements; strong communication skills.
Pay
USD $150,400 to $277,600 base salary
Tools
P&R, GDS2
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