ASIC Design and Integration Engineer - Silicon Security
Apple Cupertino, CA Full-time 3/31/2026 $126,800 - $190,900 a year
Undergraduate Entry-Level
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•FY 2025Job Description
Apple's Silicon Security team is seeking an ASIC Design Engineer to develop secure subsystems for Apple SoCs. The role involves designing hardware defenses against side channel attacks and ensuring data integrity across Apple products.
Requirements
- RTL design experience using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
- Experience with CDC (Clock Domain Crossing) and RDC (Reset Domain Crossing) analysis and verification.
- Familiarity with low-power design techniques and UPF (Unified Power Format).
- Solid understanding of digital design fundamentals including synthesis, timing closure, and design for testability.
- Background in cryptography and cryptographic algorithm implementation.
- Experience with hardware security concepts including key management, physical attack and countermeasures.
- Experience with clock and reset architecture at the subsystem level.
- Strong knowledge of AMBA bus protocols (AXI, AHB, APB).
Responsibilities
- Architecting and designing state-of-the-art security features, working closely with Platform Architecture and Design Verification.
- Integrating security IPs into secure subsystems and ensuring timing, performance and security requirements are met.
- Resolving integration issues across multiple IP blocks and coordinating with IP owners on interface and functionality concerns.
- Driving front-end quality flows from RTL to netlist, including hands-on work with Lint, CDC/RDC analysis, UPF development, timing, and Synthesis.
- Leveraging AI-assisted tools to enhance design quality and productivity.
Benefits
- Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.
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