The CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer will be part of Apple's Silicon Engineering Group, focusing on the architecture and RTL development of high-performance microprocessors for various Apple products. This role involves working on micro-architecture development, RTL ownership, and performance exploration. The engineer will collaborate with multi-functional teams to ensure the design meets power, performance, area, and timing goals. A passion for innovation and a commitment to excellence are essential for success in this position.

• Minimum BS degree and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
• Experience with microprocessor architecture
• Experience with logic design principles with timing and power implications
• Experience in Verilog or VHDL
• Experience with simulators and waveform debugging process
• Expertise in out-of-order execution, instruction scheduling, integer and floating point execution, load/store execution, cache and memory subsystems
• Understanding of low power microarchitecture techniques
• Understanding of high-performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture
• Experience in C or C++ programming
• Experience using an interpretive language such as Perl or Python

• Develop and specify micro-architecture from early high-level architectural exploration to detailed specification.
• Own and refine RTL design to meet power, performance, area, and timing goals.
• Support the verification team in test bench development, formal methods, and simulation/emulation for functional verification.
• Explore high-performance strategies and work with the performance verification team to ensure the RTL design meets targeted performance.
• Collaborate with a multi-functional engineering team to implement and verify physical design aspects such as timing, area, reliability, testability, and power.

• 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.