SoC Physical Design Engineer, STA/Timing

Role Number: 200658154Team: HardwareLocation: BeavertonPosted: 2026-04-15SummaryImagine 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 the next groundbreaking Apple product.In this visible role, you will be directly responsible for the physical implementation of design partition(s) (from netlist to tapeout) for a highly complex SOC using state of the art process technology.Description- Work with design teams to understand and debug constraints and facilitate logic changes to improve timing.- Work with the Physical Design team, highlighting issues and best practices.- Help create timing ECO’s for project tapeout.- Create and maintain scripts and methodologies for analysis and runs.- Create documentation and help with guidelines/specs.- Deep analysis of timing paths to identify key issues.- Implement timing infrastructure.Minimum QualificationsMinimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experienceExperience with large design STA and/or Timing Closure.Programming skills with Perl and TCL.Preferred QualificationsHands-on experience in STA.Familiar with important aspects of timing of large high-performance SoC designs in sub-micron technologies.Proficient in STA and methodologies for timing closure and have a fundamental understanding of noise, crosstalk, and OCV effects, among others.Familiar with circuit modeling, including SPICE models, and worst-case corner selection.Familiar with ECO techniques and implementation.Good communicator who can accurately describe issues and follow them through to completion.EEO StatementApple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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 applicantAccessibilityAt Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.Learn about accessibility in Apple’s workplaceLearn about reasonable accommodations for job applicantsApplication DeadlineApple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.