CAD Custom Design or Simulation Automation Engineer (m/f/d)

Overview

Summary At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion for problem-solving and dedication to your job, and there's no telling what you could accomplish. People who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it. Are you ready to join our team and help us deliver the next groundbreaking Apple products?!

As a senior member of our CAD team, you will architect, develop, maintain and enhance simulation methodologies and solutions for our Analog, RF and mixed-signal designs, and beyond. Your work will include architecting new solutions, supporting and expanding existing in-house or EDA vendor products.

Description

As a CAD engineering expert you will be supporting our hardware development team. You will be closely collaborating with Analog/RF circuit designers, analysing and understanding use scenarios, and developing or enhancing automation frameworks. You will closely work with EDA vendors by sharing feedback on observed issues, defining specs for new solutions and tracking progress. Further you will collaborate with in-house CAD disciplines within custom design environment and beyond.

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and experience in Cadence simulation (ADE/Assembler) and/or design environment (schematic/layout).
• Experience in architecting and supporting automation solutions.
• Overall proficiency in virtuoso ecosystem.

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid fundamentals and experience in programming languages like Python, Perl, SKILL.
• Fundamentals and experience in AI/LLM algorithms and architectures.
• Experience in Unix IT infrastructure, debugging (strace, bash scripting).
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills (English).

At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced, and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. We will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations.