AI Methodology Design/CAD Engineer
Core
Design and manufacture next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor and system-on-chip (SoC) for Apple products.
Role type
Senior IC VLSI/CAD engineer specializing in AI methodology
Builds
High-performance SoCs and AI-driven CAD tools/flows
Domain
Semiconductor / VLSI Design / AI in EDA
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
VLSI design, CAD tools/flows, Python programming, AI tools usage, chip design flow understanding, EDA tools (simulation, synthesis, place and route, extraction, timing, physical verification), testbench/regression/signoff check development
Preferred skills
LLM application building, tool-using AI agents (MCP servers), AI system evaluation/tuning, ML applied to design data (timing/power prediction), CAD tool/flow/methodology development
Technologies
Python, LLMs, MCP servers, EDA tools
Responsibilities
Partner with design teams and CAD flow owners to identify AI opportunities for complex design challenges; Contribute to evaluation data and quality metrics; Tune AI agents (prompts, tools, skills, models); Develop CAD tools and flows for AI agents to interact with design data and EDA tools; Evaluate AI tools from EDA vendors vs in-house solutions; Enable organization-wide AI capability adoption for chip delivery efficiency.
