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Design Verification Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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San Diego, California$175k - $308.5kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Design Verification Engineers at Apple verify the functionality and performance of Apple’s premier SOCs, collaborating with design, architecture, and software teams to ensure quality of SOCs, IPs, or subsystems. The role involves developing test plans, coverage plans, and verification methodologies, and applying knowledge of use cases and corner conditions to drive test cases across various IPs and subsystems.

Responsibilities

  • Verify the functionality and performance of Apple’s premier SOCs and IPs/subsystems
  • Review design and architecture specifications and collaborate with design & micro-architecture teams
  • Define functional and performance goals and develop test plans, tests & coverage plans
  • Define next generation verification methodology & testbenches
  • Actively communicate with design, architecture and software to understand use cases and corner conditions and drive test cases
  • Work on one or several IP types (e.g., Neural Engine hardware, DRAM subsystem, encode/decode systems, hardware security, high-speed IO, power management, memory cache, display subsystem)
  • Join SOC DV to focus on a main IP or broaden to a collection of subsystems
  • Deliver on project goals independently

Qualifications

  • BS + 10 years relevant industry experience
  • Skilled in constrained random verification, functional coverage, code coverage, assertion methodology & philosophy
  • Knowledge of SystemVerilog, digital simulation and debug
  • Knowledge of computer architecture and digital design fundamentals
  • Good software programming skills with data structures and algorithms
  • Experience with Python, Perl, or similar scripting language
  • Ability to work independently to deliver project goals
  • Knowledge of verification methodologies like UVM
  • Experience with C/C++, assembly is a plus
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Skills

Required:Digital verificationSystemVerilogComputer architectureSW programmingPython/PerlUVMCommunication
Nice to have:C/C++/assembly

Benefits

  • Discretionary employee stock programs (RSUs, Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Education reimbursement for career advancement (tuition)
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation eligibility
Last updated Jul 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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