CAD Engineer - Signoff Infrastructure

We're seeking a CAD Engineer to join our team and develop full-stack web applications that power the Signoff infrastructure across all Apple SOC design groups within the Hardware Tech group. Signoff is the critical final verification stage in chip design where designs are validated against manufacturing, timing, and power criteria before tapeout. This role focuses on building and enhancing Signoff dashboards, CAD flow metrics collection, and data visualization tools that design and CAD teams rely on daily.

You'll also participate in the development of our Signoff AI assistant and integrate modern AI/RAG capabilities into our platform.

• Experience with web development frameworks and libraries (Angular, React, or Express.js)
• SQL database experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL
• Understanding of software engineering best practices including version control, testing, and CI/CD
• BS in Computer Science or related field with 3+ years of relevant industry experience

• Background in Chip Design, Chip Verification, or CAD
• Experience with embedding models and LLM integration patterns
• Understanding of RAG pipelines, including embeddings, chunking, and retrieval optimization
• Experience with vector databases
  
  Experience with containers and Kubernetes
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

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