CPU Design Verification Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Apple Inc. is hiring a CPU Design Verification Engineer to work in Cupertino, California, and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. The role works closely with architecture and RTL designers to verify functional correctness of CPU designs. The engineer develops and leads test plans and test environments; develops complex assembly-, C-, or vector-based tests; develops coverage monitors and analyzes coverage to confirm planned tests are covered; develops checkers or C-based transactors; and owns verification for a specific area of CPU functionality.

The role also involves verifying complex datapath and control logic, debugging assembly- and C-based stimulus, triaging functional issues and conducting root-cause analysis, participating in silicon bring-up to reproduce silicon issues in pre-silicon simulation, and debugging and validating hardware/software interfaces. The position is 40 hours per week. The stated annual base-pay range is $174,149–$194,700, with pay dependent on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience or education using digital logic design, computer architecture, and CPU microarchitecture to verify CPU designs.
• Experience or education using C or C++ and Verilog for testbench and test-plan development.
• Experience or education developing coverage monitors and analyzing coverage to assess test-plan completeness.
• Experience or education developing checkers and C-based transactors for design verification.
• Experience or education with assertion-based and formal verification techniques.
• Experience or education developing and debugging assembly- and C-based stimulus.
• Experience or education with functional issue triage, root-cause analysis, and functional debugging.
• Understanding of and participation in the silicon bring-up process to enable reproduction of silicon issues in pre-silicon simulation.
• Experience or education debugging and validating hardware/software interfaces to identify, analyze, and resolve complex component and system issues.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with architecture and RTL designers to verify design functionality and correctness.
• Develop and lead test plans and test environments.
• Develop complex tests in assembly, C, or vectors according to test plans.
• Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure test-plan cases are covered.
• Develop checkers or C-based transactors to verify the design.
• Own verification of a specific area of CPU functionality.
• Verify complex datapath and control logic structures.
• Debug assembly- and C-based stimulus.
• Triage functional issues and provide root-cause and functional-debug analysis.
• Participate in silicon bring-up and help reproduce silicon issues in pre-silicon simulation.
• Debug and validate hardware/software interfaces to identify, analyze, and resolve component and system issues.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition, for formal education related to career advancement at Apple.
• Potential eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Potential relocation assistance.
• Discretionary restricted stock unit awards, subject to applicable eligibility requirements and terms.
• Opportunity to purchase Apple stock at a discount through voluntary participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, subject to applicable eligibility requirements and terms.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time