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CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

Apple's Silicon Engineering Group (SEG) is hiring dedicated engineers for CPU architecture and ... Description As a RTL Engineer, you will participate in the following: • Microarchitecture ...

Apple

CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

Apple's Silicon Engineering Group (SEG) is hiring dedicated engineers for CPU architecture and ... Description As a RTL Engineer, you will participate in the following: • Microarchitecture ...

Tenstorrent

$100K - $500K/yr

We are looking for a talented engineer to join our CPU design team to define and implement RTL for high-performance CPUs. You'll work on a CPU based on RISC-V ISA, collaborating with DV, PD, and ...

Apple

CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

Austin, TX

Apple's Silicon Engineering Group (SEG) is hiring dedicated engineers for CPU architecture and ... Description As a RTL Engineer, you will participate in the following: • Microarchitecture ...

Apple Inc.

CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

Apple's Silicon Engineering Group (SEG) is hiring dedicated engineers for CPU architecture and ... RTL feature ownership - development, assessment and refinement of new RTL features to target power ...

Tenstorrent

Sr. Engineer, CPU RTL Design

Austin, TX · On-site

$100K - $500K/yr

We are looking for a talented engineer to join our CPU design team to define and implement RTL for high-performance CPUs. You'll work on a CPU based on RISC-V ISA, collaborating with DV, PD, and ...

Apple

CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

Santa Clara, CA

$129K - $194K/yr

Description As a CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer, you will participate in the following: • Micro-architecture development and specification - from early high-level architectural exploration ...

Apple

CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

$129K - $194K/yr

Description As a CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer, you will participate in the following: • Micro-architecture development and specification - from early high-level architectural exploration ...

Intel

Senior CPU RTL Design Engineer

Hillsboro, OR · On-site

As a CPU RTL Logic Design Engineer your responsibilities will include but are not limited to: Collaborates, drives and develops logic design, register transfer level (RTL) coding, and simulation for ...

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CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

Santa Clara, CA • On-site

Apple Inc.
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing • 10K+ employees
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$129K - $194K/yr

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Job description

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Santa Clara, California, United States – Hardware. Apple’s Silicon Engineering Group (SEG) designs high-performance, low-power microprocessors powering iPhone, iPad, Watch, Vision Pro, and Mac. We are seeking an experienced engineer to drive CPU multi-level cache subsystem architecture and RTL development for multi-processor systems.

Description

As a CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer, you will participate in:

  • Micro-architecture development and specification — from early high-level architectural exploration through micro-architectural research to a detailed specification
  • RTL ownership — development, assessment, and refinement of RTL design to target power, performance, area, and timing goals
  • Verification — support the verification team in test bench development, formal methods, and simulation/emulation for formal verification
  • Performance exploration and correlation — explore high-performance strategies and work with the performance verification team to verify that the RTL design meets targeted performance
  • Design delivery — collaborate with a multi-functional engineering team to implement and verify physical design aspects of timing, area, reliability, testability, and power
Minimum Qualifications
  • Experience with at least one of the following languages: Verilog or VHDL
Preferred Qualifications
  • Expertise in one or more areas: instruction fetch and decode, branch prediction; instruction scheduling and register renaming, out-of-order execution; integer and floating-point execution; load/store execution; cache and memory subsystems; machine-learning algorithms mapping to hardware; or power and thermal management
  • Understanding of low-power microarchitecture techniques
  • Understanding of high-performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture
  • Experience in C or C++ programming
  • Experience using an interpretive language such as Perl or Python
Compensation and Benefits

Apple’s base pay range for this role is between $129,300 and $194,700, determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the total compensation package. Benefits include comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, discounted products and services, and educational reimbursement for career advancement. The role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments, as well as relocation assistance. Apple employees also have the opportunity to participate in stock programs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Benefit, compensation, and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Equal Opportunity and Accessibility

Apple is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We 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 EEO rights as an applicant. We believe accessibility is a fundamental human right and strive to ensure an inclusive workplace and tools. Learn about accessibility in Apple’s workplace and reasonable accommodations for job applicants.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.

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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, intelligent 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 real passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it.

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Headquarters location

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Year founded

1976

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