FE RTL Infrastructure - CAD Engineer

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 126,800 - 190,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee stock programs

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Front-End RTL Infrastructure – CAD Engineer in Cupertino, California. You will develop and support a robust CAD infrastructure for design and verification teams while driving innovation through AI solutions. The role includes managing training materials for engineers, ensuring top performance in their work.

Minimum qualifications include a BS degree and expertise in Python or Perl programming. The base pay for this role ranges from $126,800 to $190,900. Apple offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive medical coverage and stock options.

Qualifications

• Minimum of BS degree.
• Expertise in programming in Python or Perl.
• Knowledge in Verilog and SystemVerilog.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support reliable infrastructure for design and verification teams.
• Manage internal training materials and coordinate vendor trainings.
• Promote scalable infrastructure solutions across RTL Design and DV teams.

Skills

Python or Perl programming

Verilog and SystemVerilog knowledge

Communication and debugging skills

Education

BS degree

Tools

Front-End EDA tools

Job description

Cupertino, California, United States

Do you love building elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next‑generation, high‑performance, power‑efficient processor, system‑on‑chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices!

Description

As a Front‑End (FE) RTL Infrastructure – CAD Engineer, you will play a major role in developing and supporting a reliable infrastructure and work environments that design and verification teams use for modifying, analyzing, and verifying RTL. In this role, you will support RTL gatekeeping infrastructure of design and verification collateral as well as soft IP development and release methodologies. Additionally, you will contribute to Perforce administration, ensuring the integrity and performance of our version control ecosystem. You will have the opportunity to maintain a centralized configuration management system that enables different design views to be loaded into any Front‑End flow. An important key aspect of this position is driving innovation through building generative AI solutions across all of these systems and identifying opportunities where AI can accelerate engineering productivity and improve infrastructure reliability. Your role will also involve managing internal training materials, keeping them up to date and coordinating vendor trainings so that our Designer/DV engineers are well equipped to do their best job at Apple. The FE RTL Infrastructure – CAD Engineer plays a key role in promoting and driving robust, scalable infrastructure solutions across RTL Design and DV teams within Apple’s HWTech organization. In short, this position focuses on fostering our North Star and making sure that our vision statement extends across the different design groups: to create, monitor, and maintain high quality infrastructure and flows that enable Apple Silicon to produce chips that enable Apple's best products. You will be working with an energized and highly motivated CAD team that comprehensively supports Apple’s chip design efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of BS degree
• Expertise in programming in Python or Perl
• Knowledge in Verilog and SystemVerilog

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Front‑End EDA tools such as Clock Domain Crossing, Reset Domain Crossing or Lint
• Understanding of Front‑End RTL Build or Construction flows
• Excellent communication, debug and root‑causing skills
• Customer‑oriented mindset and support experience
• Experience in contributing to large‑scale software system development from specification to deployment

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 $126,800 and $190,900, 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.

You’ll also receive benefits including comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and, for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.