CPU Validation & Silicon Bring-Up Engineer

Apple Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 137,700 - 186,300; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a cpu validation engineer in Santa Clara, CA to develop and validate CPU tests, create stress workloads, and drive silicon bring‑up across pre- and post‑silicon stages.

You will collaborate with RTL and DV teams to understand design changes and ensure comprehensive validation coverage across architectures. The role emphasizes strong C/C++ and scripting skills, plus knowledge of CPU architectures, pipelines, caches, and memory subsystems.

Qualifications

• Academic coursework in CPU architecture.
• Experience in C/C++ and Python or Perl, and CPU validation.

Responsibilities

• Work with CPU RTL and DV teams to engineer test content for new CPU features.
• Create CPU validation test plans, ensuring all key features are covered.
• Develop SW workloads to stress test the CPU and integrate into validation environments.
• Help maintain and improve our random test generator by adding support for new CPU features.
• Drive bring‑up and execution of silicon validation tools in pre‑silicon and post‑silicon environments.
• Debug functional silicon failures with Design and DV counterparts.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Python scripting

Perl scripting

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a cpu validation engineer in Santa Clara, CA to develop and validate CPU tests, create stress workloads, and drive silicon bring‑up across pre- and post‑silicon stages.

You will collaborate with RTL and DV teams to understand design changes and ensure comprehensive validation coverage across architectures. The role emphasizes strong C/C++ and scripting skills, plus knowledge of CPU architectures, pipelines, caches, and memory subsystems.