PD-CAD Engineer

As part of the Hardware Technology CAD team at Apple, you'll help design next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient SoCs for future Apple products. You'll work on world-class CPU, GPU, Analog/Mixed Signal, and SOC designs by developing flows, tools, and methodologies. Your responsibilities include exploring and enabling new technology nodes, stdcells, and tools for design teams, collaborating with design teams and tool vendors to improve PPA (Power, Performance, Area) and design productivity, and developing internal methodologies using CAD algorithms and ML. This role impacts a wide range of chips used across Apple's world-class products.

Key responsibilities:

• Participate in or lead cross-functional teams to tackle key physical design challenges
• Develop innovative solutions in physical design and optimization
• Develop and support implementation flows for multiple projects and design teams
• Create and maintain custom CAD tools for implementation and signoff
• Enable successful deployment of new technology nodes
• Develop tools and methodologies for best-in-class PPA and productivity, including ML-based solutions
• Collaborate with teams in physical design verification, RC extraction, IR, and static timing analysis (STA)
• Work directly with EDA tool vendors to resolve issues and identify areas for tool improvements

This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology that powers Apple's innovative products, making a significant impact on the performance and efficiency of future devices.