CPU ML Microarchitect/RTL Engineer at Apple

Department: Hardware

Compensation · Listed in posting

$150,400 – $277,600

Location: California
Level: mid
Posted: Apr 14, 2026

Description

Apple is hiring a CPU ML Microarchitect/RTL Engineer for its Silicon Engineering Group to develop CPU machine-learning accelerator architecture and RTL designs. The role covers micro-architecture specification, RTL development, verification, performance exploration, and physical-design delivery, with a minimum of a bachelor's degree and three years of relevant industry experience.

Required Skills

Microprocessor architecture
RTL design
Verilog or VHDL
Waveform debugging
Low-power microarchitecture
C or C++ programming

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree
Required Previous Experiences: At least 3 years of relevant industry experience
Microprocessor architecture experience
Logic design with timing and power implications
Verilog or VHDL experience
Simulator and waveform debugging experience
Preferred Qualifications: Expertise in out-of-order execution, instruction scheduling, integer and floating-point execution, load/store execution, or cache and memory subsystems
Understanding of low-power microarchitecture techniques
Understanding of high-performance CPU microarchitecture techniques and trade-offs
C or C++ programming experience
Perl or Python experience

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