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CPU Design Verification Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Cambridge, MA$165.8k - $292.4kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort collaborating with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. You will own the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design and work with architecture and RTL designers to verify functional correctness, develop tests and coverage, and build checkers and transactors.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functional correctness of the design
  • Develop test plans and test environments
  • Develop tests in assembly, C, or vectors according to test plans
  • Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all the test cases in the plans are covered
  • Develop checkers and SystemVerilog or C-base transactors to verify the design

Qualifications

  • Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Experience with CPU architecture
  • Experience in digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture
  • Experience with developing testplans/testbenches, C-based transactors, and writing/debugging tests
  • Programming knowledge in C/C++ or SystemVerilog
  • Bachelor of Science or Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
  • Operating system knowledge
  • Experience in post-silicon bringup
  • Experience with advanced verification techniques
  • Should be a great teammate with excellent communication skills and be able to work independently on the verification efforts for a block/area of the design

Skills

Required:CPU architectureTest plan developmentSystemVerilog / C-based transactorsC/C++ programmingVLSI verification

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • a range of discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation eligibility
  • Apple shareholder programs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Jul 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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