Wireless PHY Design Verification Engineer

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 313,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple’s innovative team is looking for a Wireless PHY Design Verification Engineer responsible for ASIC pre-silicon verification of next-gen wireless technology. The ideal candidate will manage the development of testing protocols, collaborate for verification solutions, and ensure product excellence while leveraging extensive experience in wireless protocols and ASIC verification.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee stock programs

Educational reimbursement

Discretionary bonuses or commission payments

Discounted products and free services

Qualifications

• BS in EE/CS or related field with 10+ years relevant experience
• Experience with ASIC verification and testbench development
• Knowledge of wireless protocols like Wi-Fi or LTE.

Responsibilities

• Develop ASIC pre-silicon verification strategies and testbenches.
• Plan testing, perform data analysis, and resolve issues.
• Collaborate across departments on verification objectives.

Skills

Verification of sophisticated IP

ASIC Verification Flows

SystemVerilog

Constrained Random Testing

Data Analysis

Scripting Languages

Wireless Protocol Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Wireless PHY Design Verification Engineer

Apple's growing wireless silicon development team is responsible for the next generation of wireless silicon! In this role you will be responsible for ASIC pre-silicon verification of our extremely high efficiency and low power Wireless Physical Layer. You will verify sophisticated PHY technology and protocols by developing sophisticated testbenches and infrastructure, applying systems models, planning and implementing testing, performing data analysis, root causing issues, and driving feature closure. Join the heart of driving the next generation of wireless technology connecting the world!

Description

As a Wireless Verification Engineer, you will be at the core of our wireless product's success, bridging domains, driving collaborations, and originating verification solutions to ensure excellent products. You will tackle verification of groundbreaking PHY modem hardware including major controllers, blocks, subsystems, wireless protocols, DSP algorithms, low power capability, and SOC / integration framework. You will demonstrate and develop environments, infrastructures, build scenarios, and analyze metrics.Responsibilities include:Develop features or subsystem test planning, bring up, through feature closure.Develop test bench environment, infrastructure, methodology, and flow automation, architecture and development.Work with multi-functional partnerships, driving verification requirement and results.Develop constrained randomization scenario development and debug.Develop regression issue tracking and closure.Develop data analysis metric development and utilization for extensive regression and coverage data.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience verifying sophisticated IP with a track record of robust ASICs.
• Knowledge of ASIC verification flows with SystemVerilog and UVM.
• Experience developing testbenches from scratch, bringing up designs in simulation.
• Experience with constrained random testing, coverage closure, and RTL simulations.
• Experience in a scripting language such as Python, Perl, Bash or similar is valued.
• Experience verifying Wireless or Digital Signal Processing (DSP) systems.
• Knowledge of a wireless protocol (e.g. Wi-Fi / IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth or LTE).

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

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