As a CPU Design Timing Engineer at Apple, you will play a crucial role in ensuring timing closure for CPU projects. You will collaborate with various teams, including CAD, micro-architects, and implementation engineers, to develop and refine timing flows. Your expertise will help drive the timing analysis and closure processes, contributing to the development of groundbreaking Apple products. This position requires a strong background in timing analysis and a passion for innovation in high-speed digital designs.

• Minimum BS degree and 10+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with a static timing analysis tool such as PrimeTime or Tempus
• Experience with timing analysis involving multiple clock and power domains
• Experience with variation modeling
• Proficiency in TCL and either Perl or Python
• Familiarity with SDC command usage including clock definitions and timing exceptions
• Prior experience in high-speed digital designs such as CPUs
• Understanding of physical design tools and methodologies
• Knowledge of deep sub-micron technologies and scaling trends
• Working knowledge of CPU microarchitecture and timing paths
• Understanding of clock-domain crossing and reset-domain crossing
• Experience with RTL modeling and assertion-based verification is a plus
• Possess data parsing, analysis, and representation skills

• Work with the CAD team to develop the timing flow for the project.
• Script to improve analysis flows and engineer efficiency.
• Collaborate extensively with CPU micro-architects and implementation engineers.
• Drive timing closure for the CPU.
• Perform timing analysis and ensure compliance with design specifications.

• 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.