Apple
CPU Design Verification Engineer
$166K–$292K
Cambridge, Massachusetts · Full-time · Posted May 11, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Own verification of a CPU design area by developing plans, tests, environments, coverage, and checkers to validate functional correctness.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with architecture and RTL designers to verify functional correctness.
- Develop test plans, test environments, assembly/C/vector tests, coverage monitors, and checkers or transactors.
- Analyze coverage to confirm planned test cases are covered.
What they ask for
- CPU architecture experience.
- Experience in digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture.
- Experience developing test plans/testbenches and C-based transactors, and writing/debugging tests.
- Programming knowledge in C/C++ or SystemVerilog.
Nice to have
- Operating system knowledge; post-silicon bringup experience; advanced verification techniques.
- Strong teamwork and communication, with ability to work independently on a design block or area.
Pay
USD 165,800–USD 292,400 base salary
Tools
RTL, assembly, C, vectors, SystemVerilog, C++
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