Apple
CPU Design Verification Engineer
$116K–$175K
Cambridge, Massachusetts · Full-time · Posted May 11, 2026
- Education
- Minimum BS.
About the job
Own verification of a CPU design area by developing test plans, environments, tests, coverage, and checkers to validate functional correctness.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with architecture and RTL designers to verify design functionality.
- Develop test plans, test environments, and tests in assembly, C, or vectors; analyze coverage.
- Develop checkers and SystemVerilog- or C-based transactors.
What they ask for
- Minimum BS.
- Academic experience in CPU architecture.
- Programming experience in at least one of C, C++, or SystemVerilog.
Nice to have
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Internship or academic project experience in hardware verification and/or design; academic experience in digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture.
Pay
$116,400 to $175,200 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, SystemVerilog, assembly
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