CPU Implementation Feasibility Engineer Beaverton,Oregon,United States Hardware 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 implementation. **Description** As an Apple soft-IP CPU Implementation Feasibility Engineer, you will be working for RTL feasibility, PD feasibility including tech/CAD work and PD methodology work. You will be responsible to provide technical guidance to FE/BE design of other. IPs Responsibilities also include but are not limited to: •Making area/frequency/performance/power trade-offs and •Driving RTL-to-GDS flow through synthesis/place-and-route with ambitious goals for power, performance, and area •Working with multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate physical design on the aspects of timing, area, power, testability, and reliability •Performing different floorplanning experiments to understand the microarchitectural feasibility for achieving high targets for performance, power and area •Performing different feasibility experiments for RTL innovations and improvements that drive the next generation high performance chips •Working on PD methodology customized for CPU architecture •Driving discussion with FE/BE designers in other IPs **Minimum Qualifications** + Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience + Deep knowledge of CPU microarchitecture including common critical loops for timing and understanding of low power microarchitecture and implementation techniques for CPUs + Understanding of static timing and critical path closure techniques + Deep understanding of power, performance and area tradeoffs + Experience with Power analysis tools **Key Qualifications** **Preferred Qualifications** + The ideal candidate will have implementation experience on high-performance CPU designs + Experience with Logical Equivalence checking (LEC) tools **Education & Experience** **Additional Requirements** + Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant. (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) **Apple Footer** Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (Opens in a new window) . Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants. United States Department of Labor. Learn more (Opens in a new window) . Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. If you’re applying for a position in San Francisco, review the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance guidelines (opens in a new window) applicable in your area. Apple participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program (Opens in a new window) . Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Reasonable Accommodation and Drug Free Workplace policy Learn more (Opens in a new window) . Apple is a drug-free workplace. Reasonable Accommodation and Drug Free Workplace policy Learn more (Opens in a new window) .