AI-Driven CAD Engineer for Next-Gen SoC

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock purchase plan

Stock awards

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, is seeking a VLSI design or CAD engineer to apply AI to chip design across SoC flows. You will collaborate with design teams and CAD flow owners on complex design challenges, focusing on AI-enabled improvements.

The role involves evaluating AI tools, tuning agents, building CAD tools and flows, and driving efficiency in chip delivery, with opportunities for growth and relocation support.

Qualifications

• BS degree and 3+ 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

• Partner with design teams and CAD flow owners across multiple projects to understand complex design challenges and where AI can help.
• Contribute to evaluation data and quality metrics, and run evaluations across models to find where an agent fails.
• Tune AI agents, including their prompts, tools, agent skills and choice of model.
• Develop CAD tools and flows that let AI agents work with design data and EDA tools.
• Evaluate AI tools from EDA vendors alongside in-house solutions.

Skills

Python programming

AI tools usage

VLSI design experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

EDA tools

VLSI CAD tools

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, is seeking a VLSI design or CAD engineer to apply AI to chip design across SoC flows. You will collaborate with design teams and CAD flow owners on complex design challenges, focusing on AI-enabled improvements.

The role involves evaluating AI tools, tuning agents, building CAD tools and flows, and driving efficiency in chip delivery, with opportunities for growth and relocation support.