Emulation Engineer — SoC & IP Bring-Up Expert

Apple; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 27,552 - 55,104; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock purchase plan

Stock options

Equity compensation

Medical and dental coverage

Job summary

Apple in Boise, USA, is seeking an Emulation Engineer to lead development of emulation environments for SoC products. The role requires building and maintaining emulation frameworks, developing DPI transactors and UVM testbenches, and bringing up SoC/IP with vendor collaboration.

You will work with Verilog/VHDL design, Verilog/UVM/C++ verification environments, and scripting; strong communication is essential for cross-functional teamwork.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Four-year degree with at least 3 years of industry experience.
• Experience in hardware emulation environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain emulation frameworks using advanced emulation techniques.
• Develop C/C++ DPI transactors, accelerated UVM testbenches, SV assertions, and integration tests.
• Conduct SoC/IP bring-up emulation and CPU test activities; resolve emulator environment challenges.
• Troubleshoot issues with primary emulation vendors to improve performance and throughput.
• Collaborate with Design, Verification, Power, Silicon Validation, and Programming teams.

Skills

Verilog/VHDL design

UVM/Verilog/C++ verification

Emulation platforms

Scripting Perl/Python/Makefile

Waveform analysis tools

Communication & teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Palladium

Veloce

Zebu

Job description

Apple in Boise, USA, is seeking an Emulation Engineer to lead development of emulation environments for SoC products. The role requires building and maintaining emulation frameworks, developing DPI transactors and UVM testbenches, and bringing up SoC/IP with vendor collaboration.

You will work with Verilog/VHDL design, Verilog/UVM/C++ verification environments, and scripting; strong communication is essential for cross-functional teamwork.