# CPU Physical Design Engineer

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, hard-working people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products! The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver groundbreaking Apple products! Apple’s Silicon Engineering Group (SEG) is hiring hardworking engineers for CPU block-level physical design. Description As a CPU Physical Design Engineer, you will drive or participate in the following: Drive RTL-to-GDS design convergence through logic synthesis and place-and-route tools targeting ambitious PPA goals Will be responsible for block-level physical design delivery along with closure of backend flows, electrical requirements and improving silicon yield Will work closely with internal CAD and PD methodology teams on industry-standard synthesis/P

- **Id**: 2994132
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-cpu-physical-design-engineer-3>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Santa Clara, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-04-13T13:39:08Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T16:28:00Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 212
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2305
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Operating Systems, Laptops, Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers, Tablets

## Company

- **Id**: 12
- **Name**: Apple
- **Domain**: apple.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/apple>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Apple Jobs

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 824
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.214
- **Repost share**: 0.006
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 122
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 198000
- **Max usd**: 389000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 1340

## Technologies

- **Perl** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Days open**: 212

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-21T10:34:38Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-21T16:58:38Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-11T11:26:07Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,350 · green card filings: 39; Filings 12m: 6350

## Liveness

- **Score**: 18
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.652
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 212
- **Expected fill days**: 83
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T20:43:28Z

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