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# RTL Design Engineer

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microarchitecture, Software Debugging, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Formal Verification, Static Timing Analysis, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Physical Design
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/rtl-design-engineer/apple-job107878437

## About the Role

* Previous complex IP design experience required..
 * Understanding of implementing modern design techniques.
 * Hands on experience with energy-efficient and low-power logic design.
 * Strong background in computer architecture including one or more of: high-speed CMOS processor and controller blocks, cache controllers, bus-interface subsystems, integer and floating-point numeric units, digital filters, graphics processors, crossbar fabrics and other high-speed data-path control units.
 * Well-versed in logic optimisation, synthesis, timing analysis.
 * Fluency with RTL Verilog/VHDL syntax & hardware modelling.
 * Familiarity with logic simulation and debug environments as well as formal verification.
 * Ability to work well in a team and be productive under tight schedules.
 * Excellent communications skills, self-motivated and well-organised.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience working on GPUs is desirable but not required

## Description

You will work closely with other designers to refine GPU micro-architectural specifications as well as collaborate with the architecture, physical design and verification teams to identify potential issues as early as possible. You will implement the micro-architecture, targeting cutting-edge technology nodes, balancing energy efficiency, performance and area constraints with project schedule, maintainability and coding elegance. You will review synthesis and power reports, root-cause, resolve timing and power issues and ensure maximal QoR (quality of results) throughout your design. As your design approaches functional completion, your task will be to work closely with the verification team to ensure the design behaves as intended and is tested thoroughly. At this point, there will be ongoing collaboration with the physical design team to help with any adjustments necessary to produce an optimal layout of the design, in its context. Once your design is integrated into the system as a
whole, you'll be simulating and debugging issues both within and around your design.


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