Silicon Prototyping Engineer
Cupertino
February 25, 2026
Apple Custom Ats
Summary
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, smart 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 the next groundbreaking Apple product.
We have a critical impact on getting high quality functional products to millions of customers quickly and we are hiring all levels from junior to senior engineers to join our prototyping team.
Description
As a prototyping engineer you will be responsible for emulating a complex SOC & are expected to:
-Review specifications, develop prototyping plans and specifications.
-Work closely with design & micro-architecture teams to understand the functional & performance goals of the design.
-Work on Synthesis / Place & Route, timing optimization, develop plans for custom hardware.
-Work independently & manage deliverables to align with project goals plus support cross-functional engineering efforts.
Minimum Qualifications
Understanding of CPU & SOC architecture/design fundamentals.
Strengths in digital logic design, Verilog, SystemVerilog, test-benches, simulation and debug.
Experience in scripting/programming is desired - Unix, Python, C/C++, etc.
Experience with FPGA is a plus.
Hardware/System design, tools, debug, lab experience are a plus.
Strong analytical skills, creative attitude and enthusiastic team player.
Excellent communication skills and demonstrate the desire to take on diverse challenges.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelors with 0 years of experience.
