Physical Design Engineer jobs: 52 open roles
Open physical design engineer jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open.

The market for physical design engineer work
Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Engineering function this title sits in.
- Verified open physical design engineer jobs
- 52
- Engineering openings that ask for AI skills
- 8%
Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter verified openings.
Skills most often named in openings
- 1. python9%
- 2. project management6%
- 3. agile5%
- 4. aws5%
- 5. supply chain4%
- 6. ci/cd4%
- 7. azure4%
- 8. linux4%
AI skills worth building for this work
- 1. ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
- 2. LLM application engineering
- 3. RAG and vector search
- 4. Model fine-tuning
- 5. Model training and deep learning
- 6. MLOps
Where physical design engineer experience can go next
Career moves the skills carry over to, closest fit first. Time is how long a move usually takes.
Project management
Close fit · A few months
Engineering project managers are in demand everywhere things get built, and your technical depth is the credential.
Carries over: Running engineering projects, Schedules and budgets, Vendors and contractors
Technical program management
Adjacent · A few months
Technical program management pays well for engineers who would rather coordinate the work than do all of it.
Carries over: Systems thinking, Cross-team technical work, Risk management
Solutions consulting and sales engineering
Adjacent · A few months
Sales engineering pays well for engineers who enjoy people and can explain hard things simply.
Carries over: Technical depth, Explaining how things work, Solving customer problems
Operations management and chief of staff
Adjacent · A few months
Operations leadership is a common next step for manufacturing and process engineers who want to run the place.
Carries over: Process improvement, Plant and production know-how, Lean and quality methods
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Open physical design engineer jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Physical Design Engineer - Block Level, Subsystem Implementation
Etched · Austin, TX, USA
Nov 7, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer - Block Level, Subsystem Implementation
Etched · San Jose, CA, USA
Nov 7, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer - Flow & Methodologies
Etched · San Jose, CA, USA
Nov 7, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer - Full Chip Implementation
Etched · San Jose, CA, USA
Nov 7, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer
Etched · Austin, TX, USA
Nov 7, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer
Etched · San Jose, CA, USA
Nov 7, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer, Machine Learning
Apple · San Jose, United States of America
Nov 5, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer
Apple · Austin Metro Area, United States of America
Nov 5, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer
Apple · Los Angeles Metro Area, United States of America
Nov 5, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer
Apple · San Diego Metro Area, United States of America
Nov 5, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer
Apple · San Francisco Bay Area, United States of America
Nov 5, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer
Apple · Melbourne, United States of America
Nov 5, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer
Apple · Waltham, United States of America
Nov 5, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer
Apple · San Diego, United States of America
Nov 5, 2026
- Physical Design Engineer
Apple · Austin, United States of America
Nov 5, 2026
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Engineering jobs in the rankings
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Where physical design engineer jobs are
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Physical Design Engineer jobs by city and state
Employers hiring physical design engineers
- Etched 13
- Apple 11
- Tenstorrent 6
- Qualcomm Inc/De 5
- SpaceX 3
- Qualcomm Technologies 1
- Rivian Automotive 1
- SambaNova Systems 1
- Renesas Electronics 1
- River Ai 1
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