Wireless MAC DV Engineer – Pre‑Silicon Verification Pro

Apple, Inc.; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Waltham, Massachusetts, is seeking a Wireless MAC Design Verification Engineer to lead pre-silicon RTL verification of the MAC subsystem and its interfaces in a high-energy-efficient wireless SoC environment.

You will collaborate with DV methodologists and design teams to implement reusable test benches and metric-driven verification strategies. The role emphasizes Directed and constrained-random testing, coverage analysis, and the use of AI to identify DV issues.

Qualifications

• BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Verilog, SystemVerilog, UVM, and SystemVerilog Assertion.
• Knowledge of ASIC verification flows including test bench development, constrained random testing, and code/functional coverage.
• Verification experience of MAC, PHY, DMA, timer, AMBA bus and fabric, encryption/decryption engine.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the system and design teams to review and understand the MAC subsystem microarchitecture, and create verification plan from specification, review and refine to achieve coverage targets.
• Build block/subsystem level test benches, create UVM libraries, using the best-in-class DV methodology. Architect test benches with maximum reusability in mind.
• Develop and execute both directed and constrained random tests, debug failures, manage bug tracking, and work with designers to drive closure of issues found.
• Create and analyze block/subsystem-level coverage models, and add test cases to increase coverage.
• Use machine learning and AI technologies to identify design and test bench issues and ensure DV quality.
• Support MAC subsystem validation using Palladium and/or FPGA.
• Work with team members to improve DV methodology and flow.

Skills

Verilog

SystemVerilog

UVM

SystemVerilog Assertion

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Palladium

FPGA

Shell scripting

Python scripting

Perl scripting

Job description

Apple Inc. in Waltham, Massachusetts, is seeking a Wireless MAC Design Verification Engineer to lead pre-silicon RTL verification of the MAC subsystem and its interfaces in a high-energy-efficient wireless SoC environment.

You will collaborate with DV methodologists and design teams to implement reusable test benches and metric-driven verification strategies. The role emphasizes Directed and constrained-random testing, coverage analysis, and the use of AI to identify DV issues.