Apple
CPU Design Verification Engineer
$185K–$325K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 13, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Own verification of a CPU design area, collaborating with architecture and RTL teams to validate functionality and support delivery of working products.
What you'll do
- Develop and lead test plans and test environments; create assembly, C, or vector tests.
- Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage against test plans.
- Develop checkers or C-based transactors to verify the design.
What they ask for
- Knowledge of digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture.
- Experience developing test plans/testbenches and C-based transactors, and writing/debugging assembly-based tests.
- Experience with C/C++ programming and Verilog.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of advanced verification techniques such as formal methods and assertions.
- Understanding of the silicon bring-up process.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Verilog, assembly
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