Design Verification Engineer

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality correctness of the design. Develop and lead test plan and test environments. Develop complex 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 or C-base transactor to verify the design. Extend and maintain SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches. Monitor large-scale gate-level or RTL regressions. Inspect waveforms in Verdi or other hardware debugging tools. Write Python/ Perl utilities to scrub and aggregate regression data. Author and review detailed verification plans and coverage dashboards. Sync with cross-functional partners-architecture, validation, and firmware teams. 40 hours/week. 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 $129,300 - $194,700/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.

Experience and/or education must include:

Utilizing digital logic design, computer architecture, and CPU microarchitecture concepts to verify CPU design.
Utilizing C++ and Verilog for testbench and test plan development.
Utilizing Verilog skills for assertion-based verification techniques.
Utilizing Verdi waveforms to debug functional issues in RTL, providing complete root cause analysis.
Developing random generators for stimulus to verify CPU microarchitecture features.
Hardware debugging and validation to identify, analyze, and resolve complex issues between components.
Providing verification of complex control logic structures to ensure the functionality correctness of the design.
Understanding computer architecture and CPU microarchitecture.

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