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Formal Verification Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (Beaverton/Austin/Cupertino)Full-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Formal verification engineer role within Apple’s Silicon Technologies group, focusing on complete formal verification for various design blocks and IPs in a System-on-a-chip (SoC) context. Develops formal specifications, verification plans, and proof of properties to ensure robustness against security attacks and design bugs, collaborating closely with design teams.

Responsibilities

  • Work with Apple Silicon Security Enclave design engineers to develop a formal micro-architecture specification
  • Develop comprehensive formal verification test plans including security requirement verification
  • Prove properties of the design, find design bugs, and collaborate with design teams to improve micro-architecture
  • Craft novel and creative solutions for modeling security attacks and proving robustness of complex design micro-architectures
  • Develop and implement reusable and optimized formal models and verification code base
  • Architect correct-by-construction design methodologies for improved formal verification efficiency and productivity

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related field with 0 years of experience
  • Interest in learning and becoming an expert in SoC, CPU, GPU, or Cellular design
  • Detail-oriented approach and desire to overcome challenges
  • Formal Method or Formal Verification technologies knowledge is a plus
  • Knowledge and experience in interpreting hardware specifications
  • Proficiency in any scripting language with excellent debugging skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Passionate about developing world-class/innovative formal verification solutions

Skills

Required:Formal verificationMicro-architecture specificationVerification planningProperty proving and debuggingScriptingInterpersonal communication
Nice to have:Security modeling
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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