Apple

Graphics Emulation Test Bench and Infrastructure Architect

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

Qualifications

  • BS degree plus 10 years of relevant experience
  • Proficient in complex bus protocols such as PCIe and AXI
  • Skillful in profiling and optimizing test bench components
  • Familiar with CPU/GPU architecture and micro architecture
  • Experience writing behavioral and synthesizable RTL in SystemVerilog/Verilog
  • Fluent in C/C++, Perl, Ruby, or Python programming languages
  • Demonstrated technical leadership in test benches and emulation.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure comprehensive testing of GPU designs and software
  • Support functional verification, power, and performance analysis
  • Build emulation models for synthetic and real-world test cases
  • Debug and resolve issues encountered in tests
  • Report status and drive emulation solutions from concept to silicon
  • Create high-quality reusable test bench components and environments

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at a leading tech company
  • Engage in cutting-edge GPU design and validation
  • Collaborative work environment focused on innovation
  • Involvement in high-impact projects with real-world applications
  • Professional growth and development opportunities
Full Job Description
As a Graphics Emulation Test Bench and Infrastructure Engineer in Apple's GPU Design Verification and Validation organization, you'll ensure our complex GPU designs and software meet Apple's quality standards through comprehensive hardware/software platform testing. Working with the complete software stack, you'll validate designs that enable seamless execution of demanding graphics workloads. You'll be responsible for supporting functional verification, power and performance analysis, implementation, and Silicon validation by building emulation models, running both synthetic and real-world test cases on those emulation models, debugging and resolving issues, reporting status, and driving emulation and acceleration solutions from concept to Silicon. Your strong test bench knowledge and a solid foundation in verification methodology will be leveraged to create high-quality reusable test bench components and environments used to run complex tests. BS + 10 years of relevant experience Experience with complex bus protocols such as PCIe and AXI Experience in profiling and optimizing test bench components Experience with CPU and/or GPU architecture and micro architecture Experience with DPI/transactors Experience in writing behavioral and synthesizable RTL (SystemVerilog/Verilog) Experience with programming in one or more of the following languages: C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python Demonstrated technical leadership in the area of test benches, emulation, and/or simulation Excellent planning, collaboration, and communication abilities Demonstrated ability to build emulation models, run tests on emulation machines, and debug issues in a schedule-oriented silicon design project with competing priorities Ability to debug hardware issues from waveforms Ability to interface emulation hardware with virtual systems, simulation environment, and silicon validation Experience with DPI/transactors Graphics knowledge; 3D graphics pipeline, OGL/OCL programming Ability to collaborate under tight schedules Excellent planning, collaboration, and communication abilities Demonstrated ability to build simulation models, run tests, and debug issues in a schedule-oriented silicon design project with competing priorities Excellent planning, collaboration, and communication abilities Ability to collaborate under tight schedules

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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