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Apple

Designs phones, computers and their operating systems

VLSI CAD Engineer - Electronics Engineer

Full-Time
$150.4k - $225.3k/yr
Mid
Master's
Cupertino, CA, USA
In Person
Hardware Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Experience and/or education using CMOS analog circuit SPICE simulation tools for Electrical Engineering.
  • Experience and/or education automating and developing software scripting solutions for SPICE-level circuit simulation.
  • Experience and/or education developing or supporting CAD flows for analog/RF cellular circuit design and automation.
  • Experience and/or education supporting electronic design automation simulation environment tools from third-party vendors.
  • Experience and/or education scripting with SKILL, Perl, Python, or Tcl.
  • Knowledge of custom CMOS transistor-level circuit tracing, including channel-connected regions, voltage-domain interactions, and power-ground supply relationships, to support circuit design analysis.
  • Experience using electronic design automation circuit-tracing tools with knowledge of analog and digital transistor-level circuits and their operation with single- and multi-domain voltage rails.
  • Experience designing custom CMOS circuits to improve PPA.
Responsibilities
  • Support and develop in-house CAD flows related to analog and mixed-signal simulation.
  • Resolve transistor-level simulation issues for analog, RF, and millimeter-wave applications using SPICE simulators in command-line and Virtuoso environments.
  • Help designers resolve tool issues related to SPICE Simulation, ADE, OCEAN, Maestro, and circuit ERC checks using industry circuit-checker tools, and develop or support flow automation.
  • Write custom scripts around vendor tools to provide additional functionality to designers.
  • Test and verify vendor-tool accuracy.
  • Work with CAD tool vendors to identify and resolve bugs, improve tool usability, and evaluate new tools and features.
  • Expertly debug design errors to expedite resolution; explain user errors to designers and tool errors to EDA partners.
  • Install, configure, and support foundry technology files, and test and validate circuit ERC checks for analog, digital, and mixed-signal designs.

About the company

Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, from iPhone smartphones and Mac computers to tablets and wearable devices. Its operating systems manage apps and built-in functions for communication and work, while iCloud stores files and synchronizes data across devices. Customers buy additional digital services through subscriptions such as Apple Music and Apple TV, and developers distribute software through the App Store. Apple earns money from hardware sales, subscriptions and digital transactions, selling directly to customers and through retailers and mobile carriers around the world. It was founded in 1976 and has its headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Cupertino, California

Founded

1976

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What believers are saying

  • Business demand is growing: Apple reported $109.4 billion revenue in the June 2026 quarter, up 16% year over year.
  • Eligible US employees get learning support: Apple reimburses career-related tuition and runs Apple University classes.
  • Services earn richer margins: Apple reported 75.6% services gross margin in the June 2026 quarter, versus 40.1% for products.

What critics are saying

  • Assembly depends on Asian partners: Apple outsources substantially all final hardware assembly, reducing direct control over production.
  • iPhone concentrates demand risk: the product generated 49.6% of Apple revenue in the June 2026 quarter.
  • Student support shifts take evenings: Apple College Advisors typically work three evening shifts and one weekend shift weekly.

What makes Apple unique

  • Its chips link hardware and software: Apple designs M-series processors and developer frameworks tuned to their unified memory.
  • Stores double as service hubs: Apple combines device sales, Genius Bar technical help and in-person learning sessions.
  • It owns a spatial operating system: Apple Vision Pro runs visionOS, controlled through eyes, hands and voice.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Performance Bonus
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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6 month growth

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1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

-5%
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