Mixed-Signal Verification Engineer

Apple • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

Join Apple’s wireless silicon development team, which develops energy-efficient wireless silicon and technologies intended to transform the product user experience. The organization includes engineering teams spanning RF/analog, systems/PHY/MAC, VLSI/RTL, emulation, design verification, test and validation, and firmware/software.

In this role, you will verify RF and mixed-signal blocks and their interfaces within a wireless SoC. You will work with analog/RF design, digital design and verification, and wireless systems teams to develop verification methodologies that ensure correct silicon functionality while balancing coverage and time to tapeout. The work includes specification review, verification planning and execution, testbench and test development, debugging, coverage analysis, automation, and methodology improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline; minimum requirement of a bachelor’s degree.
• At least 2 years of relevant industry experience.
• Industry verification experience with RF/mixed-signal blocks and SoCs.
• Expertise building mixed-signal testbenches, checkers, and tests using SystemVerilog.
• Experience with UVM methodology and HDL languages, including SystemVerilog and Verilog, for verification.
• Strong verification skills in problem solving, testing, and debugging.
• Understanding of common analog/RF blocks.
• Expertise creating and using real-number analog behavioral models in SystemVerilog.
• Ability to work well in a team and be productive under an aggressive schedule.
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivation, organization, and willingness to take on diverse challenges.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with UPF, Python, or MATLAB.
• Experience with Virtuoso Composer, ADE, and HED.
• Wireless experience.

Responsibilities

• Review specifications, extract features, and define and execute verification plans.
• Develop block- and top-level mixed-signal and digital testbenches and generate tests using a UVM framework.
• Build and reuse monitors and checkers for RF and mixed-signal blocks.
• Debug failures; fix testbench, model, and checker issues; manage bug tracking; and analyze and close coverage.
• Write scripts to automate verification flows.
• Improve mixed-signal verification methodology with new ideas and by leveraging AI.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level