Lead Circuit Design Engineer – Custom ASICs & Low Power

Apple Inc.; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple Employee Stock Plan

Bonuses/commissions eligibility

Relocation assistance

Medical and dental coverage

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. in San Diego seeks a Circuit Design Engineering Lead to drive high-performance, low-power standard cells and custom circuits for next-generation SOCs. You will lead a small team and collaborate with CPU, SOC, and GPU groups to ensure timely, robust designs.

You will guide QA processes, work with foundries on DRM/PDK requirements, and plan migrations to new PDk flows while contributing to a strong, innovative design culture. Apple provides comprehensive benefits and stock programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 3+ years of experience in circuit development.
• Experience leading a small team and mentoring engineers.
• Knowledge of DRM, DRC/LVS decks, PDV flows and layout rules.
• Design experience with advanced tech node device behavior.
• Familiarity with circuit robustness analysis and scripting (Perl/TCL).

Responsibilities

• Drive development of high performance, low power standard cells.
• Develop optimal level shifters and retention designs for low power designs.
• Identify next generation ideas to improve PPA.
• Collaborate with CPU, SOC and GPU teams on chip integration.
• QA checks and method development for new design requirements.
• Coordinate with foundries on DRM compliant layout checkers and iPDK.
• Plan and drive development of new circuits and technology node enablement.
• Migrate designs to new PDK and update PDV of standard cells.

Skills

Standard cells circuit development

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

PDV flows

Perl/TCL scripting

Circuit robustness analysis

Layout rules knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Virtuoso

Job description

Apple Inc. in San Diego seeks a Circuit Design Engineering Lead to drive high-performance, low-power standard cells and custom circuits for next-generation SOCs. You will lead a small team and collaborate with CPU, SOC, and GPU groups to ensure timely, robust designs.

You will guide QA processes, work with foundries on DRM/PDK requirements, and plan migrations to new PDk flows while contributing to a strong, innovative design culture. Apple provides comprehensive benefits and stock programs.