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RTL Design Engineer

Apple

Location

Waltham, MA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/5/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
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Job description

The RTL Design Engineer role at Apple involves working on mixed-signal silicon design within a dynamic team. This position focuses on specifying, designing, verifying, and supporting lab bring-up of sophisticated digital and mixed-signal circuits. The engineer will leverage their knowledge of digital logic circuits while gaining experience in mixed-signal and analog circuit design. This opportunity is ideal for those looking to expand their chip design career and tackle unsolved challenges in a collaborative environment.

Requirements

  • BS degree and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
  • Proven knowledge of RTL design, Verilog, and SystemVerilog
  • Deep knowledge of front-end tools including Verilog simulators and linters
  • Experience with low power design methodologies and techniques
  • Understanding of ECO design flows and methodologies
  • Proven understanding of mixed signal concepts and analog circuit behavioral modeling
  • Knowledge of synthesis, static timing, and DFT
  • Familiarity with SystemVerilog assertions and design verification techniques
  • Knowledge of scripting languages such as Perl, JSON, and Python
  • Experience using GenAI tools for design and validation

Responsibilities

  • Specify and micro-architect digital blocks in mixed-signal circuits
  • Perform RTL coding of blocks specified by yourself or others
  • Participate in design verification and bring-up of digital blocks
  • Write meaningful assertions and debug code in collaboration with the design verification team
  • Contribute to lab bring-up by writing test scripts and analyzing lab data
  • Propose experiments to enhance circuit performance

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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Apple Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

1,065

FY2026

Approval rate

99.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

9,221

FY2026

Entry-level share

5.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+30%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-35%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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