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Design Verification Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (San Francisco Bay Area)$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

DV engineer responsible for pre-silicon verification to enable first silicon for IP designs, including methodology, test plans, infrastructure, stimulus, checkers, and coverage, with use of LLMs to improve efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities

  • Study design specification and create test plan
  • Develop infrastructure in SystemVerilog/UVM to stress the design
  • Develop and fix failures from regressions, close bugs
  • Use LLMs to do verification efficiently

Qualifications

  • BS degree in technical subject area and a minimum 10 years relevant industry experience.
  • Deep knowledge of OOP, SystemVerilog and UVM
  • Deep knowledge in developing scalable and portable test-benches
  • Strong experience with verification methodologies and tools such as simulators, waveform viewers, Build and run automation, coverage collection, gate level simulations
  • Working experience using LLMs for efficiency and quality
  • Experience with power-aware (UPF) or similar verification methodology
  • Excellent knowledge of one of the scripting languages such as Python, Perl, TCL
  • Experience with serial protocols such as PCIe or USB, parallel protocol such as DDR is a plus but not required
  • Knowledge of formal verification methodology is a plus but not required
  • Knowledge of emulation for verification technologies is a plus but not required

Skills

Required:SystemVerilogOOPUVMTest bench developmentScripting (Python/Perl/TCL)
Nice to have:Power-aware verification (UPF)

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • education reimbursement including tuition
  • potential discretionary bonuses or commissions
  • relocation assistance if applicable
  • Apple Employee Stock Purchase Plan participation
  • discretionary RSU awards
Last updated Aug 28, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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