Formal Verification Engineer

Apple; München; Vor Ort; EUR 110.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Apple München seeks a Formal Verification Architect to lead the complete formal verification for single or multiple design blocks and IPs within SOCs, CPUs, GPUs and connectivity IPs. You will work with Apple's SOC and IP teams to define a formal micro-architecture specification and verification scope.

You will develop a comprehensive formal verification plan, prove properties, reveal design bugs, and help improve micro-architecture with reusable models and optimized verification code.

Qualifikationen

• Advanced knowledge of SoC/CPU/GPU/Cellular designs, VLSI and digital logic design and verification techniques.
• Developed formal property proofs on industrial strength designs and architectures.
• Temporal logic assertion-based languages such as SVA or PSL.

Aufgaben

• Leading the complete formal verification for single or multiple design blocks and IPs.
• Developing a formal micro-architecture specification with design teams.
• Developing test plans, proving properties, and identifying bugs.
• Crafting reusable formal models and verification code for efficiency.

Kenntnisse

SoC/CPU/GPU/Cellular designs

VLSI

digital logic design

formal verification

temporal logic

SVA/PSL

EDA tools

scripting languages

team collaboration

English proficiency

Ausbildung

BS / MS / Ph.D in EE or CS

Tools

EDA formal tools

Jobbeschreibung

Summary

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, smart people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products powered by Apple Silicon. 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.

Do you have experience being at the center of a System-on-a-chip (SoC) design verification effort collaborating with design? Are you passionate about changing the world? We have a critical impact on getting high quality functional products to millions of customers quickly and we are hiring all levels from junior to senior roles.

Description

As a formal verification architect leading the complete formal verification for single or multiple design blocks and IP's (CPU, Cellular and Connectivity IP, Audio and Image Processing IP, Neural Networks IP, Memory/DMA Controller, Security IP, Peripheral IP, Interconnects, Power management subsystems, etc.), you will be responsible for:

Working with Apple's world-class SOC and IP design engineers to develop a formal micro-architecture specification.

Developing comprehensive formal verification test plan.

Proving properties of the design, finding design bugs, and working closely with design teams to help improve the micro-architecture.

Crafting novel and creative solutions for verifying complex design micro-architectures.

Developing and implementing re-usable and optimized formal models and verification code base. Architecting correct-by-construction design methodologies for improved formal verification efficiency and productivity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of SoC/CPU/GPU/Cellular designs, VLSI, and digital logic design and verification techniques
• Developed formal property proofs on industrial strength designs and architectures
• Deep understanding of pipeline architectures, memory/DMA controllers, out-of-order and speculative instruction execution hardware, bus interconnects, and cache coherence mechanisms
• Confirmed understanding of formal verification technologies/abstraction techniques
• Knowledge and experience in interpreting hardware specifications and using
• Temporal logic assertion-based languages such as SVA or PSL
• Experience in using EDA formal tools and tool development experience is a plus
• Proficiency in any scripting language with excellent debugging skills
• Extraordinary teammate with excellent interpersonal skills
• Passionate about developing world-class/innovative formal verification solutions
• Proficiency in English language is required

Preferred Qualifications

• BS / MS / Ph.D in EE or CS is required.

At Apple, we're not all the same. And that's our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we've experienced, and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. We will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations.

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