Apple
SoC Physical Design Engineer - Power Delivery
$166K–$325K
Austin, Texas +2 · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
San Jose, California
Waltham, Massachusetts - Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Executes SoC partition physical design from netlist through tapeout, including power-grid implementation and automation methodology.
What you'll do
- Complete partition place and route from netlist to tapeout, including automation tasks.
- Collaborate with CAD, Physical Verification, Electrical Analysis, and PnR teams to deliver a robust, DRC-clean power grid.
- Develop reusable physical-design features and methodologies for SoC partitions.
What they ask for
- BS degree.
- ASIC integration knowledge covering floorplanning, clock and power distribution, global signal planning, I/O planning, and hard IP integration.
- Scripting and programming ability to write maintainable, reusable medium-complexity scripts or programs in TCL and/or Python.
- Familiarity with industry-standard tools for PNR, Voltage Drop Analysis, STA, and Layout Verification.
Nice to have
- Experience automating physical design and block-level execution.
- Experience with latest technology-node tapeouts.
Pay
USD $184,700 to $324,800 base salary; USD $165,800 to $292,400 base salary
Tools
TCL, Python, PNR, Voltage Drop Analysis, STA, Layout Verification
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