# Silicon Prototype Engineer

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now, can't imagine living without. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. Description APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Responsible for the complete lifecycle of FPGA platforms, from architecture and hardware selection to implementation and bring-up. Work with cross-functional teams to prototype new features and perform critical pre-silicon validation. Drive system bring-up and debug after tape-out, ensuring a smooth path to production. Architect and maintain a common design platform for both ASIC and FPGA, with considerations for memories, I/O, and advanced clocking schemes. Own the complete FPGA implementation flow, from synthesis and place and route to timing closure and bitstream generation. Develop RTL and software for FPGA prototyping and validation; maintain FPGA simulation environment. Partner with silicon validation team on

- **Id**: 3821567
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-silicon-prototype-engineer-3>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cupertino, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T13:52:10Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T23:26:24Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3769
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **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**: 94
- **Open postings**: 1125
- **Ghost share**: 0.001
- **Stale share**: 0.036
- **Repost share**: 0.02
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 148
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 221374
- **Max**: 277600
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 277600

## Technologies

- **Perl** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SystemVerilog** — Optional: no
- **Verilog** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T17:23:45Z

## 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**: 100
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 1
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 6
- **Expected fill days**: 148
- **Reasons**: conf:0, wave, urgency, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 277600
- **Is top pay**: yes

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