CPU Pre-Silicon Engineering Program Manager

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $144,600–$263,800 / yr
Posted: 179 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · CPU Pre-Silicon Engineering Program Manager

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The CPU Pre-Silicon Engineering Program Manager joins the team responsible for delivering CPUs for the M1/M2 Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. This role involves driving the full program lifecycle from specification definition through execution, tapeout, and post-silicon support. The manager will be embedded with the CPU design team to manage day-to-day activities, negotiate project schedules, and identify risks or dependencies. Key responsibilities include leading regular project meetings to resolve technical issues and communicating status to multi-functional stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses technical depth in architecture, logic, verification, physical design, or DFT. They must demonstrate proven silicon development experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to lead through influence while balancing strategic project needs and technology development tradeoffs across multiple sites.

Skills

CPU Architecture Logic Design Verification Physical Design DFT SoC Silicon Validation Tapeout Project Management Program Management

What you'll do

Drive the development of CPU IP across several programs.
Develop and negotiate project schedules and deliverables.
Lead regular project meetings to focus the team on landmarks and resolve technical issues.
Identify risks and dependencies while generating and executing mitigation plans.
Communicate program status and blocking issues to multi-functional teams and management.
Manage the full program lifecycle from spec definition through tapeout and post-silicon support.
Coordinate with architecture, logic design, verification, physical design, and DFT teams.

What we're looking for

BS degree and 3 years of relevant experience.
Proven silicon development experience in Design, Verification, Implementation, Physical Design, DFT, or silicon validation.
Proven CPU development experience (preferred).
Established technical leadership and/or project management experience (preferred).
Strong communication and executive presentation skills (preferred).
Strong time and task leadership skills with consistent attention to detail (preferred).
Strong organization skills to organize self and the team’s execution (preferred).
Technical depth in one or more areas (architecture, logic, verification, physical design) and sufficient knowledge of others (preferred).

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