GPU Design Engineer – Memory Hierarchy

Santa Clara Until 9/22/2026 3+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking products containing an Apple designed GPU. As part of the GPU Memory Hierarchy Design team, you’ll be responsible for crafting and building a GPU that enriches the lives of millions of people every day!

Description

As a GPU Design Engineer, you will participate in micro-architecture specification and RTL coding. Explore architecture trade-offs in performance, area and power consumption. You will collaborate with verification team for functional simulation and debug. You will go beyond the industry norm and demonstrate creativity in problem solving, ability to think dynamically outside of standard convention, and quickly adapt to new technical areas.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience and knowledge of CPU or GPU architecture
Experience in one of the following areas: cache, on-chip interconnect network, data compression or GPU pipeline
Experience in timing and power optimization
Proficiency in Verilog/System Verilog and HDL
Minimum of BS degree and 3+ years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of high performance, low power designs
Experience in debugging performance issues
Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Python and Ruby
Ability to work well in a team with strong communication skills

About this role

Summary

Design and optimize GPU memory hierarchy, participate in architecture and RTL coding.

Job title

GPU Design Engineer – Memory Hierarchy

Experience level

3+ years

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Santa Clara, onsite preferred, remote may vary

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

CPU or GPU architecturecacheVerilogSystem VerilogHDLpower optimization

Preferred skills

high performance designlow power designdebugging performance issuesPerlPythonRubycommunication

Specializations

GPU architecturecacheRTLVerilogpower optimization
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Santa Clara, CA, USA

On-site City