Apple

Design Verification Engineer

Apple • $142K — $214K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • Proficient in Verilog/System Verilog for behavioral modeling
  • Strong understanding of ASIC/SoC architectures
  • Experience with scripting tools like Perl or Python
  • Knowledge of digital logic systems and ASIC design
  • Familiarity with design verification functional coverage
  • Ability to debug test failures using tools like Verdi or Indago

Responsibilities

  • Develop and enhance emulation platforms for large Wireless SoCs
  • Create monitors and checkers for emulation performance
  • Prepare and execute comprehensive test plans
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Design and Architecture
  • Develop code for design and verification using Verilog/System Verilog/UVM
  • Port mixed signal components into emulation models
  • Automate test benches and test cases using Python and Perl

Benefits

  • Comprehensive total compensation package
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools
  • Work-life balance with a standard 40-hour work week
Full Job Description
APPLE INC has the following available in San Diego, California. Bring up the emulation platform for large Wireless Socs along with their mixed signal components. Develop monitors and checkers for Emulation platform and come up with the latest techniques to achieve better performance. Prepare and execute the test plan and perform reviews with the cross-functional teams. Collaborate cross functionally with Design, Architecture, Power, Silicon Validation, Performance and SW Teams.

Develop code for Design and verification that aids with emulation activities, using Verilog/System Verilog/UVM. Create and bring up emulation models for Large Wireless Socs and Display Socs. Port Mixed signal components into emulation models for emulators including Palladium, Protium, Zebu, and Veloce. Write System Verilog or Verilog monitors and checkers. Write System Verilog Assertions for emulation models. Utilize C-DPI and System Verilog based transactors and monitors for emulation purposes. Understand specifications and create system level Test Plans for emulation verification. Perform Test Plan reviews with Design, Power, Architecture, System and Firmware teams. Create test benches and test cases using System Verilog, UVM and Python script. Automate Test Bench and test cases using Python, Perl. Run test cases and debug on emulation platforms. Debug and triage failing tests and file bugs, work with design teams to resolve. Analyze regressions by extracting information from splunk databases. Collect coverage and work with designers to close the verification activities. Work with Silicon Validation teams to recreate and debug Silicon Issues. Work with methodology teams to validate new versions of the tools used in emulation.

40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $142,300 - $214,300/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or related field.

Experience and/or education must include:

Utilizing Verilog/System Verilog to create behavioral models for verification purpose

Understanding of computer architecture to learn into ASIC/SoC architectures

Utilizing Scripting tools including Perl, or Python, or Shell to write scripts

Understanding design of digital logic systems

Knowledge of ASIC Design and tools for simulation to verify and debug SoC

Using/applying Design Verification functional coverage for verification closure

Debugging test failures using logs and waveforms such as Verdi, Indago, or Simvision

Use of a standard simulation tool such as Cadence's Xcelium, or Synopsys's VCS to run simulations

Applying fundamentals of Digital Design while verifying the SoC design

Using UVM methodology to create constraint random benches

Preferred Qualifications

N/A

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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154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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