Full-Time
SoC Physical Design Verification Engineer
Apple
10,001+ employees
Designs and sells hardware and software
No salary listed
San Jose, CA, USA + 1 more
More locations: Beaverton, OR, USA
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- A Bachelor of Science degree is required.
- No relevant industry experience is required.
- Perform physical verification checks such as layout versus schematic, design rule checking, design-for-manufacturing, design-for-yield, and lithography at the chip and block level.
- Collaborate with computer-aided design and technology teams for flow bring-up and validation.
- Work directly with the implementation team throughout the chip design cycle to drive signoff closure for tapeout.
- Lead schedules and support cross-functional engineering efforts.
- Work on padring, bump, and redistribution-layer design with the package and floorplan teams.
- Experience with physical verification flows such as design rule checking, layout versus schematic, antenna checking, and layout integration methodology.
- Understanding of the register-transfer-level to graphic database system physical design flow.
- Scripting skills to debug flow-related issues and make enhancements as appropriate.
- Experience with industry-standard physical verification tools such as Mentor Calibre and Synopsys ICV.
- Layout design background and experience.
Apple designs, manufactures, and sells hardware and software across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV, plus services like the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud, and Apple Pay. The products work together through an integrated ecosystem where devices run Apple’s own operating systems and sync data via iCloud, delivering a seamless user experience. It differentiates itself by controlling both hardware and software end-to-end, maintaining a unified design, and expanding services and spatial computing. Its goal is to provide a cohesive, high-quality experience across devices while growing services revenue and expanding its ecosystem.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Cupertino, California
Founded
1976
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Apple launched M6 Mac mini and M5 Ultra Mac Studio on August 25, 2026.
- Developers can run local LLMs on M6 and M5 Ultra for private AI workflows.
- Apple disclosed $17.1 billion Ireland taxes, reducing uncertainty from the EU back-tax dispute.
What critics are saying
- Apple cut 200+ jobs on August 21, 2026, exposing Siri and Vision Pro weakness.
- Camera AirPods slipped to 2027 after supply and software problems, delaying AI wearables.
- Vision Pro demand remains weak; if smart glasses fail, Apple’s spatial strategy stalls.
What makes Apple unique
- Apple’s vertical silicon stack, from M6 to M5 Ultra, tightens hardware-software control.
- Apple’s privacy brand still differentiates, especially in on-device AI and encrypted emergency features.
- Apple’s ecosystem lock-in across iPhone, Mac, Watch, AirPods, and services remains unmatched.
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