Job Details

Physical Design Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

Hardware

Summary

Posted: Jun 05, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200607016

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Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Contribute to all phases of the physical design of high-performance PHY design from RTL to delivery of final GDSII. Generate block/chip level static timing constraints. Build full chip floor plan including pin placement, partitions, and power grid. Develop and validate high-performance, low-power clock network guidelines. Perform block-level place and route and close the design to meet timing, area, and power constraints. Generate and Implement ECOs to fix timing, noise, and EM IR violations. Run Physical design verification flow at chip/block level and guide other designers to fix LVS/DRC violations. Participate in establishing CAD and physical design methodologies for correcting construction designs. Assisting in flow development for chip integration. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $143,100 - $214,500/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related field.

• Education and/or experience must include the following skills:

• Using Cadence or Synopsys Physical Design tool, including use wire routing concepts and tradeoffs

• Executing Synthesis and setup timing constraints

• Conducting root-cause analysis for LVS, DRC, and ERC issues

• Understanding of APR flow fundamentals and customization for each step

• Constructing CTS and optimizing clock skew and insertion delay

• Utilizing Tcl Perl Python scripting for physical design data mining and flow customization

• Analyzing setup and hold violations and recommending timing ECO

• Using low-power techniques, including implementing power gating

• Collecting PPA data and understanding the tradeoff between power and performance.

• Electromigration and IR-drop analysis and layout guidelines

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

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