CPU Design Verification Engineer
Posted 2025-04-06Summary
Posted: Apr 25, 2024
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Role Number:200455399
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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.
Description
Description
As a CPU Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows:
 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
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Key Qualifications
Key Qualifications
 Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
 In-depth knowledge of digital logic design, chip architecture and microarchitecture
 Experience with developing testplans/testbenches, C-based transactors, and writing/debugging assembly-based tests
 Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertions a plus
 Experience in silicon bringup a plus
 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
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Education & Experience
Education & Experience
Minimum BS and 3+ years of relevant industry experience
Additional Requirements
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
Pay & Benefits
 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 $143,100 and $264,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
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