About the role
As a Cellular ASIC Design Engineer in Apple's Hardware Technologies group, you will contribute to designing, optimizing, and manufacturing high-performance, power-efficient cellular chips and system-on-chips (SoC).
What you'll do
- Design, optimize, and manufacture cellular chips and system-on-chips (SoC).
- Develop and build the hardware technology that powers Apple devices.
- Deliver solutions for complex hardware challenges while prioritizing detail in implementation.
What you'll need
- Experience in ASIC design engineering for cellular chips or system-on-chips (SoC).
- Background in developing high-performance and power-efficient semiconductor architectures.
- Experience delivering hardware solutions from design through manufacturing.
Skills: ASIC Design Engineer, cellular chips, system-on-chips, high-performance, power-efficient
More semiconductor jobs: Apple jobs · RTL design jobs
This role has been open 221 days — well above the 61-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1086
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Median days open
61 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$188k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Apple | All employers we track in this specialty (1086 roles · 103 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 37 | 1086 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 179 | 3472 · 119 employers |
| Median days open | 19 d | 61 d (−42 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $188k |
Skills observed across this category: ASIC Design Engineer, cellular chips, system-on-chips, high-performance, power-efficient
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 142 open roles · median 71 d
- Synopsys · 90 open roles · median 48 d
- AMD · 78 open roles · median 47 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 45 open roles · median 104 d
- NVIDIA · 44 open roles · median 61 d
- Analog Devices · 41 open roles · median 51 d
How we counted: 1086 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 103 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.