Apple
SoC Physical Design Engineer - Power Delivery
$135K–$278K
Austin, Texas +2 · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
San Jose, California
Waltham, Massachusetts - Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Complete SoC partition physical design from netlist to tapeout, with a focus on power delivery, automation, and robust power grids.
What you'll do
- Develop and automate physical design features and methodology for SoC partitions.
- Collaborate with CAD, physical verification, electrical analysis, PNR, and technology teams to ensure a clean, electrically robust power grid.
- Resolve physical design and flow issues and drive solutions through execution.
What they ask for
- BS degree and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Block-level physical design implementation experience from netlist to GDS.
- Ability to write maintainable, reusable medium-complexity scripts or programs in TCL and/or Python.
- Understanding of industry-standard tools for PNR, Voltage Drop Analysis, STA, and Layout Verification.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with physical design automation and block-level execution.
- Experience with latest technology-node tapeouts.
Pay
USD $150,400 to $277,600 base salary; USD $134,700 to $249,500 base salary
Tools
TCL, Python, PNR, Voltage Drop Analysis, STA, Layout Verification
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