Apple

CPU Design Verification Engineer

Apple$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
  • 10+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Strong background in CPU architecture and digital logic design
  • Proven experience in developing test plans/testbenches and C-based transactors
  • Programming proficiency in C/C++ or SystemVerilog
  • Familiarity with operating systems
  • Experience with post-silicon bringup and advanced verification techniques

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with architecture and RTL designers to verify functional correctness
  • Develop comprehensive test plans and environments
  • Create tests using assembly, C, or vectors based on test plans
  • Analyze coverage and ensure all test cases are included
  • Implement checkers and SystemVerilog or C-based transactors for design verification

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment across multiple disciplines
  • Direct impact on product functionality and delivery to millions
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge CPU design technology
  • Potential for growth in complex verification techniques
  • Engagement in high-stakes projects with clear deliverables
Full Job Description
In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort collaborating with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly.

As a CPU Design Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows: • Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functional correctness of the design • Develop test plans and test environments • Develop tests in assembly, C, or vectors according to test plans • Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all the test cases in the plans are covered • Develop checkers and SystemVerilog or C-base transactors to verify the design

Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience Experience with CPU architecture Experience in digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture Experience with developing testplans/testbenches, C-based transactors, and writing/debugging tests Programming knowledge in C/C++ or SystemVerilog

Bachelor of Science or Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science Operating system knowledge Experience in post-silicon bringup Experience with advanced verification techniques Should be a great teammate with excellent communication skills and be able to work independently on the verification efforts for a block/area of the design

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
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$294.1 billion
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