CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer - Execution, Load/Store

Apple Inc.; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Education reimbursement

Relocation

Bonuses or commissions

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking an experienced CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer to drive architecture and RTL development for high‑performance cores used in Apple hardware products.

You will own micro-architecture specifications, refine RTL design, and support verification, finding power-performance trade-offs while collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team. The role offers a strong path for innovation within Apple Silicon Engineering.

Qualifications

• Expertise in CPU microarchitecture and RTL design
• Experience with Verilog or VHDL and simulators
• Strong programming skills in C/C++ and scripting in Python/Perl
• Knowledge of power, performance, area trade-offs in CPUs
• Experience with memory subsystem design and performance analysis
• Familiarity with high-performance processor architectures

Responsibilities

• Micro-architecture development from high-level exploration to detailed specs
• RTL ownership and refinement to meet timing, power and area goals
• Support verification with test benches, formal methods, and simulations
• Analyze and verify RTL performance against targets
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams for physical design delivery

Skills

Out-of-order execution

Instruction scheduling

Integer and FP execution

Load/store execution

Cache and memory subsystems

Low power microarchitecture

High-performance CPU techniques

C/C++ programming

Perl or Python

Verilog or VHDL

Simulators/waveform debugging

Job description

Santa Clara, California, United States Hardware

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, hard-working people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products! The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Do you want to join us in these pursuits? Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product!Apple’s Silicon Engineering Group (SEG) designs high-performance, low power microprocessors that power our innovative products, including the iPhone, iPad, Watch, Vision Pro, and Mac. We are looking for an experienced engineer to drive architecture and RTL development of CPU integer, floating-point, and/or load/store execution for our performant cores.

Description

As a CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer, you will own or participate in the following:

• Micro-architecture development and specification - from early high-level architectural exploration, through micro-architectural research and arriving at a detailed specification
• RTL ownership - development, assessment and refinement of RTL design to target power, performance, area and timing goals
• Verification - support the verification team in test bench development, formal methods, and simulation/emulation for functional verification
• Performance exploration and correlation - explore high-performance strategies and work with the performance verification team to verify that the RTL design meets targeted performance
• Design delivery - work with multi-functional engineering team to implement and verify physical design on the aspects of timing, area, reliability, testability and power

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in one or more of the following areas: out-of-order execution, instruction scheduling, integer and floating point execution, load/store execution, cache and memory subsystems
• Understanding of low power microarchitecture techniques
• Understanding of high-performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture
• Experience in C or C++ programming
• Experience using an interpretive language such as Perl or Python
• Experience with microprocessor architecture
• Experience with logic design principles with timing and power implications
• Experience in Verilog or VHDL
• Experience with simulators and waveform debugging process

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $129,300 and $194,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs.

Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• A range of discounted products and free services
• For formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Relocation

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