RTL Design Engineer

Apple | San Diego, CA

Posted Date 3/27/2025

Description At Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Do you like changing the game? We have an opportunity for a forward-thinking and uncommonly hardworking RTL Design Engineer. As a member of our dynamic group, you will have the rare and rewarding opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple’s customers every single day. In this role, you will have the opportunity to specify, design, and help in the verification and lab bring-up of advanced mixed-signal circuits (digital side).

Description

In this job you will be responsible for specifying and/or micro-architecting digital blocks in advanced mixed-signal circuits. You will be also responsible for RTL coding of blocks specified by you or others. You will participate in the design verification and bring-up of such blocks by writing meaningful assertions, debugging code, and otherwise interacting with the design verification team. You will participate in the lab bring-up of those circuits by potentially writing test scripts, analyzing lab data, proposing experiments, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

BS degree in technical discipline with minimum 10 years of proven experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Deep knowledge of mixed signal concepts
Deep knowledge of RTL design fundamentals
Deep knowledge of Verilog and System-Verilog
Deep knowledge of front-end tools (Verilog simulators, linters, clock-domain crossing checkers)
Working knowledge of synthesis, static timing, DFT is a huge plus
Deep knowledge of System-Verilog assertions, checkers, and other design verification techniques
Deep knowledge of scripting languages. Perl and Python are plusses
Deep knowledge of Algorithm developments
Strong communication and presentation skills SERDES knowledge is a plus

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $166,600 and $296,300, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Salary166,600.00 - 296,300.00 Annual