CPU Implementation Silicon Correlation 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, 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 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. Do you want join us in these pursuits? Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product! As we continue to push CPU performance and efficiency in the most advanced technology nodes validating and correlating our physical design point to silicon is of utmost importance. We want to ensure that the frequencies, voltages, and power we target in pre-silicon design are realizable on silicon and in the final products we ship to our customers. In this role as a CPU Implementation Silicon Correlation Engineer, you will be performing data analysis using pre-silicon and post-silicon data to establish silicon correlation to design targets.

Description

In this role as a CPU Implementation Silicon Correlation Engineer, you will be working on the following:

• Obtain process-related silicon measurement data from product and technology team
• Analyze pre-silicon timing runs to comprehend margins and relate it to measured silicon parameters
• Work with post-silicon teams in evaluating ROI of design and methodology features
•Analyze post-silicon speed debug data to help identify and root cause failing paths

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
Experience with a chip tapeout of a custom or PnR block
Experience with STA
Experience running spice simulations and analysis
Experience with data parsing, analysis, and representation/plotting skills

Preferred Qualifications

Chip design experience including experience in CPU design
Good understanding of std cell architecture and design
Working knowledge of device technology and spice models
Familiarity with ATPG pattern framework
Awareness of PNR tool flows
Language proficiency in TCL, Perl, and Python
Ability to work with cross-functional teams spanning pre-silicon design, technology and post-silicon debug

About this role

Summary

Analyze pre- and post-silicon data to ensure CPU design targets are met.

Job title

CPU Implementation Silicon Correlation Engineer

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

On-site in Santa Clara, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

data analysisSTAspice simulationsparsingplotting

Preferred skills

cpu designstd cell architecturespice modelsatpg frameworkpnr toolstclperlpython

Specializations

silicon correlationpre-silicon datapost-silicon datatiming analysischip design
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Santa Clara, CA, USA

On-site City