wSoC Design Verification Engineer

Apple; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Design Verification Engineer to verify complex SOCs and develop reusable UVM testbenches for wireless SoCs. The role involves pre-silicon RTL verification across block and top levels, collaborating with DV teams, architecture, SW and FW groups to deliver high-quality silicon.

You will work in a dynamic, multi-functional organization focused on advancing Wireless SoC technology. Responsibilities include crafting and productizing state-of-the-art DV methodologies, deploying new

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent field.
• Dedicated hands-on ASIC DV experience across full ASIC cycle.
• Advanced HVL knowledge (UVM/OVM) with recent UVM experience.
• Experience taping out large SOC systems with embedded processors.
• Hands-on verification experience of PCIe, Bus Fabric, NOC, AHB, AXI architectures in UVM.

Responsibilities

• Verify a set of complex SOCs with DV environments and reusable UVM testbenches.
• Collaborate with IP DV teams and other product groups to ensure tape-out readiness.
• Develop coverage-driven verification plans and achieve targeted coverage for SOCs.

Skills

ASIC DV experience

UVM

OVM

HVL methodology

Low power design

HW/FW verification

PCIe

NOC

AXI bus

UPF simulations

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree

Tools

UPF simulations

Job description

Summary

As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to verifying a set of complex SOCs. Our team integrates multiple sophisticated IP level DV environments, craft highly reusable best-in-class UVM Testbenches, implement effective coverage driven and directed test cases, deploy new tools and implement methodologies to improve quality of tape-out readiness. By collaborating with other product development groups across Apple, you can push the industry boundaries of what wireless systems can do and improve the product experience for our customers across the world! You will be able to learn all aspects of a large-scale SOC, different types of SOC architectures, many high speed layered protocols, methodologies on low power architecture, best-in-class DV methodology. You will able to gain knowledge on Wireless protocol, FW-HW interactions, complexities of multi-chip SOC debug architecture, etc. As a Design Verification Engineer on our team, you'll be at the center of the verification effort within our silicon design group responsible for crafting and productizing state of the art Wireless SoCs! This position comes with responsibility for pre-silicon RTL verification of block and top level SOC, comfortable with all areas of SoC Design Verification engineering, with an ability to thrive in a dynamic multi-functional organization, debate ideas openly, and deliver on complex Wireless protocol chip requirements.

Description

Understand details of High Efficiency SOC Architecture, standard SOC peripherals such as SPI, I2C, UART, Timer, DMA, memory management schemes, low power spec, multi-processor systems, DDR, PCIe, Memory Controller Subsystems, USB, PLL, power up, Secured Boot schemes.Deliver on Power Management designs using low-power methodologies and power up-down scenarios using UPF simulations, etcCreate coverage driven verification plans from specifications, review and refine to achieve coverage targets.Architect UVM based highly reusable test benches and integrate complex multi-instance VIPs, sub-system test benches and test suites to SOC level.Achieve targeted coverage, work with design, architecture, SW, FW and external IP delivery teams to efficiently integrate and verify overall SOC design.Work closely with DV methodology architects to improve verification flow.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Dedicated/hands-on ASIC DV experience
• Advanced knowledge of HVL methodology (UVM/OVM) with most recent experience in UVMSome experience with formal verification is a plus
• Proven track record of working full ASIC cycle from concept to tape-out to bring-upExperience taping out large SOC systems with embedded processor cores
• Hands-on verification experience of PCIe, Bus Fabric, NOC, AHB, AXI, based bus architecture in UVM environment.
• In-depth knowledge and experience working with low power design, UPF integration, boot-up, power-cycling, HW/FW interaction verification
• Low Power Verification experience is a plusShould be a great teammate with excellent communication and problem-solving skills and the desire to seek diverse challenges