CPU Design Verification Engineer

Apple Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 129,300 - 194,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock programs

Medical and dental coverage

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Santa Clara, California, is seeking a hardware verification engineer to verify complex digital designs and contribute to the verification environment across blocks of silicon.

You will develop test plans and tests in assembly, C, and vectors, build coverage monitors, and collaborate with RTL designers to ensure functional correctness and robust test coverage for high‑impact hardware products.

Qualifications

• Academic experience in digital logic design, chip architecture and microarchitecture.
• Experience with C/C++ programming and Verilog.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality correctness of the design.
• 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 all the test cases in the plans are covered.
• Develop checkers or C-based transactor to verify the design.

Skills

Digital logic design

Chip architecture

Microarchitecture

C/C++ programming

Verilog

Job description

Santa Clara, California, United States - Hardware

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

• 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-based transactor to verify the design.

Minimum Qualifications

• Academic experience in digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture.
• Experience with C/C++ programming and Verilog.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertions.
• Understanding of silicon bring‑up process.
• Experience with the development of test plans/testbenches, C-based transactors, and writing/debugging assembly-based tests.
• 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.

Benefits and Compensation

• Base pay range: $129,300 to $194,700, dependent on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
• Apple employee stock programs: discretionary restricted stock unit awards and Apple Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, discounted products, free services.
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition.
• Potential discretionary bonuses, commission payments, relocation assistance.
• Other benefits as described in Apple’s benefits program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

We believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.