Apple

CPU Processor Power Management Verification Engineer

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

Qualifications

  • Minimum BS in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • 10+ years of experience in digital design and verification
  • Proficiency with Verilog/System Verilog and testbench development
  • Experience with UVM and random constraint verification methodologies
  • Strong programming skills in Perl or Python
  • In-depth knowledge of power management architecture and techniques
  • Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with architecture and RTL designers to verify power management functionality
  • Create and execute comprehensive test plans for power management and clock control
  • Develop tests using Assembly, Scripts, and System Verilog for simulation
  • Investigate test failures and propose solutions to engineering teams
  • Assist silicon bringup team with relevant tests for emulation and FPGA
  • Develop coverage monitors to ensure thorough testing of design
  • Create checkers or Verilog/System Verilog transactors for design verification
  • Implement assertions and formal verification methodologies.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge chip design technology
  • Collaborative team environment with cross-functional exposure
  • Impactful role contributing to products used by millions
  • Professional development opportunities in advanced verification techniques
  • Possibility to influence design improvements through direct collaboration with design teams.
Full Job Description
In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort collaborating with many teams, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. We are looking for a strong candidate to join our processor verification team focusing on Power Management and Clock Control verification.

As a CPU Processor Power Management Verification Engineer, you will have the responsibilities as follows: • Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality correctness of the Power Management and Clock Control logic • Develop and execute test plans and schedules for the power management and clock control logic • Develop tests in Assembly, Scripts, System Verilog, or vectors according to test plans to drive testing in simulation and emulation environments • Root cause failures and propose potential solution to the design team • Work with silicon bringup team on developing tests that work in the emulation and FPGA environments. Aid silicon debug in related part of the design • Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all the test cases in the test plans are covered • Develop checkers or Verilog/System Verilog-base transactor to verify the design • Write assertions and apply formal verification to the design

Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience Experience in digital logic, micro-processor architecture, or power management architecture Experience with digital design verification including Verilog/System-Verilog based testbenches and transactors checkers Experience with design verification environments like random constraint verification or UVM base testbenches Programming skills in Perl or Python

Master's degree preferred In depth knowledge of power management architecture and design techniques Experience in system Verilog assertions or silicon bringup or UPF and low power simulation Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal verification Advanced programming skills such as object orientated programming or CPU assembly language is a plus Ability to independently come up with design verification testbenches and environments and solve complex design verification problems Should be an extraordinary teammate with excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex design issues during verification effort Be able to create and follow detailed work schedules and 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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