Job Details

Pre-Silicon Digital Verification Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

Hardware

Summary

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Role Number: 200617249-0836

Join an accomplished team at Apple developing custom integrated circuits for Apple’s existing and future product lines. As a member of our PMU ASIC team, you will be responsible for verifying complex digital IP’s. You will work with the product teams, system architects, and digital designers, in refining microarchitecture specifications. 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 (and outstanding track record) of delivering 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. We have a flexible approach to problem solving that allows team members to tailor methodologies to optimize their productivity.

Although the team is relatively small, we supply silicon to all of Apple’s industry leading hardware development teams, and work closely with the product teams and platform architects. We have a diverse, close-knit, high performing team ready to ready to welcome new team members of all experience levels. 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?

Description

You will have the responsibilities as follows:
- 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 formal verification to prove assertions derived from microarchitecture specifications
- 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

• Knowledge of digital ASIC development flow

• Familiarity with power reduction techniques in digital ASICs

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 $147,400 and $272,100, 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. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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