SoC Power Delivery Engineer — Automation & PD Workflow

Apple Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,400 - 277,600; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in California is seeking a SoC Physical Design Engineer focused on Power Delivery to own partitioning, place and route from netlist to tapeout, with emphasis on automation tasks for Apple SOC.

The role collaborates with CAD/Physical Verification and Electrical analysis teams to ensure a robust power grid, develop scalable PD methodologies, and resolve flow issues across SOC partitions. Prior experience with TCL/Python scripting and block-level PD is essential.

Qualifications

• BS degree and 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience with block level Physical Design Implementation (Netlist to GDS).
• Scripting skills in TCL/Python; ability to write maintainable scripts.

Responsibilities

• Automate Physical Design workflows using TCL and Python.
• Collaborate with CAD/Physical Verification/Electrical Analysis and PNR teams to ensure a strong, DR_C clean power grid.
• Develop features and methodologies for wide range of SOC partitions.

Skills

Power Delivery

Physical Design

Automation

TCL

Python

Netlist to GDS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

PNR tools

Voltage Drop Analysis

STA

Layout Verification

Job description

Apple Inc. in California is seeking a SoC Physical Design Engineer focused on Power Delivery to own partitioning, place and route from netlist to tapeout, with emphasis on automation tasks for Apple SOC.

The role collaborates with CAD/Physical Verification and Electrical analysis teams to ensure a robust power grid, develop scalable PD methodologies, and resolve flow issues across SOC partitions. Prior experience with TCL/Python scripting and block-level PD is essential.