Emulation Verification Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, San Diego, CA | Type: Full-time

About the role

This role is part of the Emulation verification team at Apple, focusing on the creation, deployment, and support of advanced emulation environments for large Wireless SoCs. The position involves collaborating with various disciplines in a chip design effort and utilizing emulation for verification. The team is dedicated to bringing cutting-edge technology to life, particularly in integrating mixed signal models onto the Palladium platform. The role is crucial for ensuring high-quality functional products are delivered to millions of customers.

Responsibilities

• Utilize emulation for verification of large Wireless SoCs
• Port the design onto the Palladium platform
• Execute the detailed Emulation test plan
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in chip design efforts
• Integrate mixed signal models onto the Palladium platform

Requirements

• BS degree and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
• Experience with System Verilog, Verilog or UVM
• Experience in creating test benches from scratch at both Block and System Level
• Experience in Regression Management and Triaging
• Experience with bring up, debugging and verification in Emulation
• Understanding of the tool flow from RTL to Emulation
• Good understanding of any Standard Emulator (Palladium, Veloce, Zebu) or FPGA (Xilinx, Altera) flow
• Proven Design Verification or Silicon Validation skills
• Experience in writing Synthesize-able SystemVerilog/Verilog code and SystemVerilog assertions
• Experience with System Verilog verification environments including C/C++ DPI, UVM
• Experience on any Scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or TCL
• Excellent analytical and debug skills
• Hands-on usage of Low Power methodologies, preferably UPF based
• Experience in UVM Acceleration

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plans and confidential counseling
• Onsite wellness centers at major campuses and fitness resources
• Fertility support and paid parental leave with gradual return
• Caregiving leave and dependent-care guidance
• Stock grants with purchase discounts and 401(k) matching
• Income-protection coverage
• Robust time off policies
• Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement
• Donation matching and paid volunteer hours
• Deep product and partner discounts