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Apple · 2 months ago

Physical Design Engineer

positionBeaverton, Oregon, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date10+ years exp

Apple is a company that works every single day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. They are seeking a forward-thinking and hardworking Physical Design Engineer to contribute to all phases of physical design of high performance PHY design from RTL to delivery of final GDSII. The role involves working closely with various teams to deliver outstanding PHY designs and participate in establishing CAD and physical design methodologies.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
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Responsibilities

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 provide guidelines to fix LVS/DRC violations to other designers
Participate in establishing CAD and physical design methodologies for correct by construction designs
Assist in flow development for chip integration

Qualification

Physical DesignStatic Timing AnalysisPlace & RoutePower-grid specificationsClock specificationsPhysical VerificationHDL languagesScripting languagesSoC Architecture

Required

Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering
10 years experience

Preferred

Deep design experience in high PHY and/or SOC designs
Deep Knowledge about industry standards and practices in Physical Design, including Physically aware synthesis, Floor-planning, and Place & Route
Experience in developing and implementing Power-grid and Clock specifications
Strong understanding of all aspects of Physical construction, Integration and Physical Verification
Shown Knowledge of Basic SoC Architecture and HDL languages like Verilog to be able with logic design team for timing fixes
Power user of industry standard Physical Design & Synthesis tools
Deep Understanding of scripting languages such as Perl/Tcl
Solid understanding of Extraction and STA methodology and tools
Deep Understanding of Physical Design Verification methodology to debug LVS/DRC issues at chip/block level

Company

Apple

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Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
dateFounded in 1976
location
Cupertino, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.apple.com

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$5.67B
Key Investors
Berkshire HathawayMicrosoftSequoia Capital
2026-01-10Pre Seed· $1M
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
2025-01-16Post Ipo Debt· $0.31M

Leadership Team

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Tim Cook
CEO
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Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering

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