SoC Full Chip DV Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

6d

About The Position

Does making the next great technology product excite you? Imagine what you could
do here. At Apple, our new insights have a way of becoming great products,
services, and customer experiences very quickly. We bring passion and dedication
to our job and when you are a part of that team there's no telling what we'll
could accomplish. Design Verification Engineers at Apple are responsible for
verifying the functionality and performance of Apple’s premier SOCs. This is a
critical job within Apple's Hardware Technology, and we'd love to have you join
us.

DESCRIPTION

As part of a very talented team, we are at the heart of the chip design effort
collaborating with all fields (vertical product model)! You own ensuring the
quality of the SOC or an IP or subsystem. This requires you to review design and
architecture specifications and work closely with design & micro-architecture
teams. A key component to the job is understanding the functional & performance
goals of the design and you use this knowledge to test effectively. You develop
test plans; tests & coverage plans as well as define our next generation
verification methodology & test benches. It's required that you communicate and
collaborate with design, architecture and software to understand the use cases
and corner conditions and drive test cases. We also require additional
responsibilities such as running and triaging regressions, tracking bugs, and
analyzing coverage to achieve top results.

Requirements

• Minimum of BS + 0 years relevant industry experience.
• Knowledge of Verilog/SystemVerilog, digital simulation and debug
• Knowledge of computer architecture and digital design fundamentals
• Ability to work independently to deliver the project goals

Nice To Haves

• Skilled in many aspects of digital verification such as constrained random verification process, functional coverage, code coverage, assertion methodology & philosophy
• Exposure to UVM is desired
• Experience with C/C++, assembly is a plus
• Experience with perl, python or similar scripting language
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the dream to take on diverse challenges

Responsibilities

• review design and architecture specifications
• work closely with design & micro-architecture teams
• develop test plans
• develop tests & coverage plans
• define our next generation verification methodology & test benches
• communicate and collaborate with design, architecture and software to understand the use cases and corner conditions and drive test cases
• running and triaging regressions
• tracking bugs
• analyzing coverage

What This Job Offers

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