CPU Design Verification Engineer

Apple • Santa Clara, CA

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About The Position

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming
extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring
passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could
accomplish. Dynamic, hard-working people and inspiring, innovative technologies
are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries
with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into
our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave
the world better than we found it! Join us to help deliver the next
groundbreaking Apple product. 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.

DESCRIPTION

As a CPU Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of
functionality in a CPU design, you will have the following responsibilities: •
Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality
correctness of the design • Develop and lead test plan and test environments •
Develop complex 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 or C-base transactor to verify the
design

Requirements

• Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
• Experience in digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture
• Experience with the development of testplans/testbenches, C-based transactors, and writing/debugging assembly-based tests
• Experience with C/C++ programming and Verilog

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertions
• Understanding of silicon bring-up process
• 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

Responsibilities

• Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality correctness of the design
• Develop and lead test plan and test environments
• Develop complex 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 or C-base transactor to verify the design

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees