Lead CPU Feasibility Engineer for High-Performance Silicon

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's Silicon Engineering Group in Austin seeks an experienced CPU design engineer to join the RTL feasibility team. You will help translate ambitious microarchitectural ideas into buildable, high-performance, low-power silicon through RTL work and close collaboration with RTL, physical design, and verification teams.

Responsibilities include feasibility experiments, area, frequency, power trade-offs, and driving RTL-to-GDS flows with aggressive targets for timing and power.

Qualifications

• BS degree with 3+ years in a related field.
• Experience with high-performance VLSI implementations.
• Experience with CPU microarchitecture is required.

Responsibilities

• Perform feasibility experiments for RTL innovations and improvements.
• Evaluate area, frequency, performance and power trade-offs.
• Drive RTL-to-GDS flow with aggressive goals for power, performance and area.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to validate physical design aspects.
• Conduct floor planning experiments to assess microarchitectural feasibility.

Skills

VLSI implementation

CPU microarchitecture

Industry experience

Education

BS degree

Tools

LEC tools

Static Timing Analysis Tools

Power analysis tools

Job description

Apple's Silicon Engineering Group in Austin seeks an experienced CPU design engineer to join the RTL feasibility team. You will help translate ambitious microarchitectural ideas into buildable, high-performance, low-power silicon through RTL work and close collaboration with RTL, physical design, and verification teams.

Responsibilities include feasibility experiments, area, frequency, power trade-offs, and driving RTL-to-GDS flows with aggressive targets for timing and power.