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SoC Physical Design Engineer, PnR at Apple

Department: Hardware

Compensation · Listed in posting

$129,300 – $194,700

Location
San Jose, California
Level
entry
Posted

Description

Apple is hiring a Physical Design Engineer to implement design partitions from netlist through GDS2 tapeout for a highly complex SOC. The role collaborates with architecture, CAD, timing, and logic design teams and covers physical synthesis, floorplanning, place-and-route, power grid, timing signoff, DRC/LVS, and EMIR verification. The minimum qualification is a bachelor's degree and basic logic-gate knowledge; relevant coursework, teamwork, and experience with Verilog, VHDL, Python, Perl, TCL, or SPICE are preferred.

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