Mixed-Signal Behavioral Modeling Engineer
Apple· Hardware
San Diego, CA$175k - $308.5kFull-timePosted 6mo ago
About the role
Role focused on writing functional SystemVerilog models of custom mixed-signal circuits for system-level verification, collaborating with circuit design and DV teams, and optimizing modeling methodologies within Apple’s mixed-signal design group.
Responsibilities
- Write functional models of custom mixed-signal circuits in SystemVerilog with appropriate detail and non-idealities.
- Collaborate with circuit design teams to understand circuit details and with DV teams to create hooks for verification.
- Analyze data from circuit teams in Python/MATLAB for model fitting and profile model performance.
- Run simulations and formal equivalence tools to ensure models closely match hardware.
- Work with domain experts to enhance modeling methodologies, improve functional coverage, optimize modeling flows, and enable new debugging tools.
Qualifications
- BS degree in technical discipline with minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
- Excellent knowledge of digital logic gates, clocking and state elements
- Excellent knowledge of writing behavioral code in SystemVerilog
- Solid understanding of logic and behavioral simulations
- Ability to read custom circuit schematics and understand functionality
- Familiarity with circuit elements and functionality of mixed-signal blocks such as PLLs/DLLs/SERDES/Sensors/Data-converters
- Good understanding of SPICE circuit simulations, and SystemVerilog/SPICE co-simulations
- Good understanding of timing synchronous digital logic
- Ability to write scripts in PERL/Python to automate repetitive tasks
- Familiarity with basics of digital signal processing and numerical analysis
- Familiarity with basics of probability and statistics
Skills
Required:SystemVerilogPythonSPICE/simulationDigital logic and timingSchematic reading
Nice to have:MATLAB
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- retirement benefits
- discounted products and free services
- educational expense reimbursement (tuition)
- potential discretionary bonuses or commissions
- relocation assistance
- employee stock programs (RSUs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
Last updated Aug 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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