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CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

Austin, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-14 → 2026-09-28

Core

Architect and develop RTL for next-generation CPUs targeting low-power mobile devices.

Role type

Senior IC CPU Microarchitect/RTL Engineer

Builds

High-performance, low-power microprocessors for iPhone, iPad, Watch, Vision Pro, and Mac

Domain

Consumer electronics / CPU design

Required skills

Verilog, VHDL, RTL development, microarchitecture specification, simulation, waveform debugging, logic design principles, timing/power/area tradeoff analysis, low-power/high-performance techniques, Perl/Python scripting

Preferred skills

Microprocessor architecture experience, simulator usage, waveform debugging tools, logic design principles, timing/power/area tradeoffs, low-power/high-performance microarchitecture techniques, interpretive languages (Perl/Python)

Technologies

Verilog, VHDL, Verdi, Perl, Python

Responsibilities

Microarchitecture development and specification, RTL feature ownership, validation support, performance exploration and correlation, design delivery

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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