Senior Physical Design Engineer, High-Performance PHY

Apple, Inc.; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Waltham, MA is seeking a seasoned Physical Design Engineer to contribute across RTL to GDSII delivery, shaping high-performance PHY designs.

You will work with architecture, CAD, timing and logic teams, defining constraints and physical flow, with a focus on low-power clock networks and scalable floor-plans. The role emphasizes collaboration and rigorous design methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Deep knowledge of Physical Design, floor-planning, and Place & Route.
• Experience with power-grid and clock specifications.
• Understanding of physical construction, integration and verification.
• Familiarity with Verilog, HDL, and timing closure techniques.
• Scripting in Perl/Tcl for automating flows.

Responsibilities

• Generate block/chip level static timing constraints.
• Build full chip floor-plan including pin placement, partitions and power grid.
• Perform block level place and route and meet timing, area and power constraints.
• Generate and implement ECOs to fix timing, noise and EM IR violations.
• Run PD verification flow at chip/block level and guide LVS/DRC fixes.
• Contribute to CAD and physical design methodologies.
• Assist in flow development for chip integration.

Skills

Physical Design

Verilog HDL

Floor-planning

Place & Route

Power/Clock specs

LVS/DRC debugging

Perl/Tcl scripting

Synthesis tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Synthesis tools

CAD tools

Job description

Apple Inc. in Waltham, MA is seeking a seasoned Physical Design Engineer to contribute across RTL to GDSII delivery, shaping high-performance PHY designs.

You will work with architecture, CAD, timing and logic teams, defining constraints and physical flow, with a focus on low-power clock networks and scalable floor-plans. The role emphasizes collaboration and rigorous design methodologies.