Job Description

At Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Do you like changing the game? We have an opportunity for a results-oriented and highly committed Design Verification Engineer. As a member of our multifaceted group, you will have the unique opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple’s customers every day.




We are looking for a Design Verification Engineer in our team, who will enable bug-free first silicon for our mixed-signal designs, in close collaboration with Digital and Analog Design engineers. The responsibilities involve all phases of pre-silicon verification including establishing design verification methodology and test-plan development. Additional responsibilities will involve verification environment development, such as stimulus and checkers, test-writing, debug, coverage, sign-off for RTL freeze and tape-out.

Description

In this role you will develop verification plans in coordination with design leads and architects. Your responsibilities will include:



Building and maintaining verification test bench components and environments Generate directed and constrained random tests Run simulations and debug design and environment issues Build functional coverage points, analyze coverage, and improve test environment to target coverage holes Craft automated verification flows for block and chip level verification Apply knowledge of hardware description languages, hardware verification languages (SystemVerilog), methodology (UVM/OVM), and logic simulators to verify complex designs Work with other block and chip level engineers to ensure a flawless verification flow

Preferred Qualifications

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills combined with the ability to collaborate

Experience developing scalable and portable test-benches

Experience with constrained random verification environments

Experience defining coverage space, writing coverage model, analyzing results

Experience with Assertion Based Verification

Experience in Formal Verification


Advanced knowledge of SystemVerilog and UVM

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge of Object Oriented Programming

Basic knowledge of mixed signal verification

MS/BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Fluency in English language is required



At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced, and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. We will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations.