CPU Clock Implementation Engineer

Santa Clara Until 9/22/2026 10+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

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 skilled engineers for CPU. As a CPU Clock Implementation Engineer, you will be driving the planning, design, implementation, and analysis of clock.

Description

As a CPU Clock Implementation Engineer, you will participate in the following:

• Work on clock planning, building simulation models, and physical implementation
• Work on clock analysis
• Engage on physical design of blocks
• Scripting to automate tasks and improve efficiency

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
Programming and scripting experience in Perl and TCL

Preferred Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have physical design, analysis, and verification experience working on a large processor and/or SoC designs
Knowledge of industry standards and practices in physical design, analysis, and physical verification
Experience in developing and implementing clock specifications
Solid knowledge of low power design, physical construction, Spice, formal verification, physical verification, and DFM
Understanding of std cell architecture, design, and characterization flows
Understand reliability aspects of clock cell design
Experience understanding usage patterns and impact of std cells on high speed CPU design is a plus
Proven understanding of CMOS circuit design
Layout design background is a plus
Knowledge of extraction and STA methodology and tools
Knowledge of computer architecture
Strong communication skills
Ability to work well in a team, problem solver, and self-motivated

About this role

Summary

Design and analyze CPU clock circuits, conduct physical implementation and scripting.

Job title

CPU Clock Implementation Engineer

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

electronics

Location requirements

Santa Clara, on-site work only.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

PerlTCLphysical designanalysisverificationclock specificationslow power designSpiceformal verificationDFMstd cell architecturereliabilityCMOS

Preferred skills

physical designanalysisverificationindustry standardsclock specslow power designlayout designextractionSTAcomputer architectureteamwork

Specializations

clock planningphysical designverificationlow power designCMOS circuit design
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Santa Clara, CA, USA

On-site City