Apple
SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR
$142K–$263K
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Jan 12, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Implements and signs off physical design partitions for complex SoCs, from netlist through tapeout.
What you'll do
- Work with logic design teams to understand partition architecture and address physical design early.
- Complete netlist-to-GDS2 implementation to meet schedule and design goals.
- Perform timing, physical, and electrical verification; close signoff and resolve physical design or flow issues.
What they ask for
- Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience with partition level P&R implementation.
- Experience with one or more of: floorplanning, clock and power distribution, timing closure, physical verification, or electrical verification.
Nice to have
- Experience with large SOC designs (>20M gates) with frequencies in excess of 1GHZ, or with sub 10nm tech nodes.
- Experience with industry standard tools, physical design construction and analysis flows and methodology; strong communication skills.
Pay
$142,300 to $263,300 USD base salary
Tools
P&R, GDS2
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