Physical Design PPA Engineer

As a Physical Design PPA (Performance, Power, Area) Engineer at Apple, you'll be at the center of our SOC design effort, collaborating across all fields to deliver functional products to millions of customers quickly. You'll be responsible for generating automation and infrastructure to scale and improve the efficiency and reliability of PPA regression and problems. Your role involves deep diving to root cause and address unexpected results, working with CAD and design teams to drive improvements in production design flows, and collaborating cross-functionally with design, power, post-silicon, and CAD teams to deliver on PPA goals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Generating automation and infrastructure for PPA regression
• Root cause analysis of unexpected results
• Collaborating with various teams to improve production design flows
• Working on state-of-the-art ASICs
• Integrating and developing new insights in SOC design

You'll be part of the Digital Design Engineering group, turning imaginative and revolutionary ideas into reality. This role requires a strong understanding of the RTL2GDSII flow, hands-on experience in PPA analysis, familiarity with ASIC integration flows, and experience with industry-standard synthesis, physical design, and STA tools.

If you're a self-starter, highly motivated, and love to collaborate on hard technical problems, this challenging and exciting role at Apple could be perfect for you. Join us in designing the tools that bring customers experiences they've never before envisioned.