Pre-Silicon Digital Verification Engineer

Summary

Pre-silicon digital verification engineer for mixed signal integrated circuits.

Join an accomplished team at Apple developing custom integrated circuits for Apple’s existing and future product lines. As a member of our mixed signal ASIC team, you will be responsible for verifying complex digital IP’s. You will work with the system architects and digital designers, making block level specifications clear and precise. You will use the specifications to build verification plans to exercise the functional, performance, stress cases, and error conditions in your blocks. You will own the creation of the verification testbenches, using formal verification and UVM based simulation. Then you will build the testcases using System Verilog Assertions and constrained random UVM testcases to get complete functional and code coverage for your blocks.

You will participate in code reviews of other blocks in the chips, offering proposals to more efficiently achieve our goal of bug free designs on the first tapeout. In addition to traditional digital circuit simulation, you will have the opportunity to learn and use other verification techniques such as formal verification, digital mixed signal verification, and analog mixed signal simulation using state-of-the-art tools.

Although the team is small, we supply silicon to most of Apple’s industry leading hardware development teams. We have a close-knit, high performing team ready to ready to mentor engineers entering the mixed signal ASIC development field. Join us in building Apple’s next generation products. Do you want to be a part of building the “surprise and delight” in Apple’s future products?

Description

- Collaborate in developing precise design specifications for digital control blocks
- Use design specifications to create block and chip level verification plans.
- Architect and create block level verification elements
- Assist in architecting chip and system level verification environments.
- Use System Verilog and UVM to develop drivers, tests, reference models and checkers
- Debug test failures and work with designers to develop fixes
- Use functional and code coverage to track progress and gauge tapeout readiness.

Minimum Qualifications

BS and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

Extensive course work in digital design and computer architecture
Foundation in object oriented programming techniques
Lab courses or work experience with System Verilog
Familiar with constrained random verification techniques
Familiarity with clock domain crossing design and verification techniques
Some course work in analog circuit design

Pay & Benefits — Sunnyvale, California, United States

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 and $277,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

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Application Deadline

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.