AI-Driven CAD Architect for Next-Gen SoC

Apple

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Apple's Silicon Technologies group in Austin seeks a VLSI design or CAD engineer to apply AI to chip design. You will work end to end with design teams and CAD flow owners on complex challenges, evaluating AI tools and tuning agents to improve chip delivery.

The role requires a BS and 10+ years in VLSI, CAD or related fields, strong Python experience, and hands-on use of EDA tools. You will help build AI-enabled CAD flows and integrate AI into the chip design workflow.

Qualifications

Minimum requirement of BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
Experience using AI tools, such as AI coding assistants, in engineering work.
Experience in VLSI design, CAD tools or CAD flows.
Experience in Python programming.

Responsibilities

Partnering with design teams and CAD flow owners across multiple projects to understand complex design challenges and where AI can help.
Contributing to evaluation data and quality metrics, and running evaluations across models to find where an agent fails.
Tuning AI agents, including their prompts, tools, agent skills and choice of model.
Developing CAD tools and flows that let AI agents work with design data and EDA tools.
Evaluating AI tools from EDA vendors alongside in-house solutions.
Enabling the organization to leverage AI capabilities and drive efficiency in chip delivery.