Historical snapshotmid (3–5 yrs)Captured Oct 18, 2026, 1:10 a.m.

CPU Power Engineer

Apple

Location
Austin, Texas, United States · Onsite
Compensation
Not stated in this snapshot
Employment
Full-time
Experience level
MID (3–5 years exp)
Source
Apple

Role Overview

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, hard-working people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The 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 commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver groundbreaking Apple products!

We are looking for a strong candidate to join our CPU team focusing on power budgeting, analysis, and identification of recovery opportunities at the cross-section of micro-architecture, RTL, physical design, and technology in high performance designs.

Responsibilities

As a CPU Power Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Analyze and estimate the power impact of implementing new micro-architectural features

• Generate power rollups and projected estimates from initial to mature net lists through the lifecycle of a project

• Analyze power contributions to generate opportunities for recovery in physical implementation as well as RTL

• Create power projections factoring in expected cost of convergence and implementation and refine the process

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

Perl/Python and TCL scripting experience from industry usage Experience with CPU architecture and implementation The ideal candidate should have broad knowledge related to micro-architecture, physical implementation, auto place and route tools, STA, spice, logic design, and device physics

Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications for high performance and high frequency designs CMOS circuit design and analysis skills Experience with industry standard power analysis tools like PrimePower and PowerArtist

Application Instructions

Apply directly on Apple Jobs at CPU Power Engineer.

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