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Physical Design Engineer, Machine Learning

Apple

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San Jose, CA · Posted November 5, 2026

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Come help us design the next generation of revolutionary Apple products. We are looking for an engineer who combines deep physical design expertise with hands-on machine learning skills. In this role, you will work on our physical design machine learning efforts — building predictive models, optimization algorithms, and autonomous agents that collaborate with our internal design teams to help our SOCs achieve optimal Power, Performance, and Area (PPA).