Apple
SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR
$150K–$278K
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 14, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- BS
About the job
Implement and sign off physical design partitions for complex SoCs, from netlist through tapeout.
What you'll do
- Partner with logic design to understand partition architecture and drive physical design decisions 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
- BS degree and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience with partition-level P&R implementation, including floorplanning, clock and power distribution, timing closure, and physical and electrical verification.
- Experience with physical design construction and analysis flows and methodology.
Nice to have
- Experience with large SoC designs (>20M gates) operating above 1GHZ, or with sub 10nm technology nodes.
- Experience with industry-standard tools and understanding their capabilities and underlying algorithms; strong communication skills.
Pay
USD $150,400 to $277,600 base salary
Tools
P&R, GDS2
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