CAD Flow Automation and AI Engineer

Apple • Sunnyvale, CA

63d

About The Position

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, we will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices! 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.

Requirements

• Minimum requirement of BS + 10 years of relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of generative AI models (e.g., LLMs such as GPT, BERT) and their application in real-world solutions.
• Software engineering experience with a focus on modular, object-oriented design.
• Familiarity with industry-standard development processes.
• Programming skills and hands-on experience in Python, Java, or C++.

Nice To Haves

• High ownership, self-sufficient, hands-on individual to drive quality across the project.
• Demonstrate innovative and creative thinking capabilities.
• Hands-on experience developing AI-powered applications.
• Experience designing and deploying agentic AI systems.
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with popular LLMs, such as Gemini, Claude.
• Curious, self-motivated, and able to drive improvements to model evaluation pipelines and annotation programs.
• Outstanding communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Experience with dashboards or tools like Splunk is a plus.
• Experience with version control tools like Perforce or Git a plus.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and maintain the automation system used for analysis and QA.
• Support 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 to ensure high-quality results.
• 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

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees