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FE Engineer

Apple

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Location
Austin, TX
Schedule
Full-time
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Job overview

Apple seeks an FE Engineer in Austin, Texas, to analyze performance in complex SoC designs. The engineer will correlate RTL performance with model performance, identify bottlenecks, and work with Architecture to improve performance. The role also defines performance statistics and methodologies for debugging and correlation, while collaborating across engineering teams to support project goals.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Computer ArchitectureCache BehaviorCPU OperationsPerformance AnalysisVerilogSystemVerilogUVM Testbench DevelopmentPythonPerlData AnalysisData AutomationCustom ReportingInternal Tool DevelopmentCross-Functional CollaborationTest PlanningExcelCSV Data GenerationData VisualizationSoC Fabric DesignInterconnect DesignBandwidth OptimizationLatency OptimizationQuality of ServiceProblem SolvingExperiment DesignWaveform DebuggingVerdiIndagoInterpersonal SkillsIndependent WorkLeadership

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Related Field

Full job description

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200691565-0157

Summary

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now, can't imagine living without. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do.

Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Austin, Texas. Work closely with Architecture to understand performance goals of the design. Correlate RTL performance against model performance. Perform deep performance analysis in the design and report findings. Identify performance bottlenecks in design and coordinate with Architecture team to improve performance. Define performance statistics to help performance debug and standard methodologies to improve performance correlation effort. Have strong interpersonal skills, work independently & lead work you are doing to align with the project goals plus support multi-functional engineering efforts. 40 hours/week.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.

  • Experience and/or education must include:

  • Understanding Computer Architecture (to include Cache behavior, and basic CPU operations ) to analyze Performance in complex SoC.

  • Reading and writing Verilog, System Verilog coding to develop or modify UVM testbench

  • Utilizing Python/Perl scripting skills to analyze data and interpret large datasets, including experience in automation, and experience creating custom reporting and internal tools.

  • Lead collaborations between Design, DV and Architecture stakeholders to implement test plans and debug performance shortfalls.

  • Utilizing Excel and CSV file creation and data generation for Data Visualization.

  • Understanding of SoC Fabric/Interconnect design and tradeoffs to optimize for Bandwidth and/or Latency as well as Quality-of-Service metrics.

  • Utilizing engineering and problem solving skills to work with other Engineers to design multiple experiments to isolate issues.

  • Debugging Waveforms using Verdi/Indago to analyze cycle-by-cycle operations of complex state machines.

Preferred Qualifications

  • N/A

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 880 open Frontend Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$150–222K/yr692 salary ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 32 open Frontend Engineer jobs in Texas and 880 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
Frontend Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 6 years (734 postings).
Education
180 of the 880 open Frontend Engineer jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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