GPU DFT Design Verification Engineer

Apple Inc.; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a DFT Verification Engineer to design and verify next‑generation, high‑performance processors and GPUs. You will review architectures, extract features, and develop verification plans while partnering with designers to validate DFT implementations pre‑silicon.

The role involves building test benches, generating randomized tests, debugging failures, and driving coverage closure under tight schedules. Strong scripting and OO skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 10 years of experience in verification.
• Strong background in DFT verification for pre-silicon designs.
• Excellent problem solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review architecture and design specifications.
• Extract features and develop verification plans.
• Verify DFT implementation with designers and run checks.
• Implement test benches and constrained/random tests.
• Debug failures, run gate-level simulations, and close coverage.
• Support verification flows, automation scripts, and regressions.

Skills

DFT Verification

Large Processor Experience

Directed/Random Verification

Coverage Analysis

Assertions

OO Programming

Debugging Tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Perl

Python

TCL

Job description

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next‑generation, high‑performance, power‑efficient processor, GPU. You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices.

Description

As a DFT Verification engineer your primary responsibilities will include:

• Reviewing Architecture and Design Specifications
• Extracting design features and developing attributes and verification plans
• Working with designers to verify DFT implementation and run various checks
• Implementing test benches, generating advised/ constrained random tests
• Debugging failures, running gate level simulations, supervising bugs, and closing coverage
• Handling schedules and supporting multi‑functional engineering effort
• Assisting in verification flows, automation scripts and regressions

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree + 10 Years of Experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience in large processors and/or GPU/SOC designs
• Hands‑on experience in directed or random verification, coverage analysis and assertions
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Perl, Python or TCL
• Strong Object‑Oriented Programming skills
• Solid Understanding of Design Verification (DV) methodologies for verifying DFT implementation in pre‑silicon
• Excellent skills in problem solving, communication and desire to seek new challenges
• Experience working under strict schedule deadlines with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to lead project execution
• Good knowledge of general logic design, and exposure to DFT is a plus

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