Apple
SoC Physical Design Engineer, Top Level
$150K–$278K
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Feb 5, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Implements chip designs from netlist to tapeout, coordinating top-level physical design execution and resolving design and flow issues.
What you'll do
- Work with front-end teams to understand architecture and address physical design early in the design cycle.
- Drive physical design methodologies, guidelines, execution, milestones, and dependencies across place-and-route, STA, and block teams.
- Resolve physical design and flow issues and drive solutions.
What they ask for
- Minimum BS degree.
- 3+ years of experience.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of partition or top-level P&R, including floorplanning, clock and power distribution, timing closure, and physical and electrical verification.
- Strong physical design flow and methodology knowledge; experience with large SoC designs (>20M gates) operating above 1 GHz, industry-standard tools, and stringent schedule and die-size requirements.
Pay
USD $150,400 to $277,600 base salary
Tools
P&R, STA
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