CAD Flow Automation and AI Engineer

Apple • Sunnyvale, CA

5h

About The Position

As part of Apple's Silicon Technologies group, this role involves designing and manufacturing next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processors and system-on-chips (SoC). The HWT CAD team is seeking a passionate individual to drive solutions that deliver measurable organizational impact. In this exciting and highly visible role, you will enhance and support a complex AI application that directly impacts our CAD and design teams while also supporting critical automation systems. You will be responsible for enhancing and maintaining our automation system used for analysis and QA, as well as our existing AI applications that serve our CAD and design teams, while also driving innovation through frontier technology projects and proof-of-concepts. Working closely with cross-functional CAD and design teams, you will gather requirements and integrate various components to ensure high-quality results through continuous improvement and optimization. This position requires strong collaboration skills as you will create detailed specifications and project plans while executing initiatives through partnerships with CAD and design teams across multiple sites. You will communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders and drive alignment between technical solutions and business requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum requirement of BS + 3-6 years of relevant industry experience
• Programming skills and working experience in Python, Java, or C++

Nice To Haves

• Software engineering experience with exposure to modular, object-oriented design principles and familiarity with industry-standard development processes
• Foundational understanding of GenAI and its potential applications
• Demonstrates eagerness to take ownership and contribute to quality across the project with a collaborative and hands-on approach
• Shows curiosity and a willingness to think creatively when approaching problems
• Exposure to or academic/project experience developing AI-powered applications
• Familiarity with or interest in agentic AI concepts and systems
• Eager to contribute to and learn about model evaluation pipelines and annotation programs
• Strong communication skills - both written and verbal, with a willingness to develop further
• Experience with dashboards or tools like Splunk is a plus
• Experience with version control tools like Perforce or Git

Responsibilities

• Help design and manufacture next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC)
• Ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle tasks
• Enhance and support a complex AI application that directly impacts CAD and design teams
• Support critical automation systems
• Enhance and maintain the automation system used for analysis and QA
• Enhance and maintain existing AI applications that serve CAD and design teams
• Drive innovation through frontier technology projects and proof-of-concepts
• Gather requirements and integrate various components by working closely with cross-functional CAD and design teams
• Ensure high-quality results through continuous improvement and optimization
• Create detailed specifications and project plans
• Execute initiatives through partnerships with CAD and design teams across multiple sites
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders
• Drive alignment between technical solutions and business requirements

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees