Apple
SOC Design Verification Engineer
$175K–$325K
Irvine, California +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- Irvine, California
San Diego, California
Sunnyvale, California - Experience
- Minimum 10 years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- BS
About the job
Verifies wireless system-on-chip designs from block through full SOC integration, including low-power intent and end-to-end wireless traffic, and explores AI-assisted verification methods.
What you'll do
- Plan and execute pre-silicon RTL verification, building reusable UVM testbenches, tests, coverage models, and automated regression flows through signoff.
- Debug failures, manage bugs, verify low-power intent with UPF, and validate end-to-end WiFi and Bluetooth traffic flows.
- Apply formal and AI-assisted verification where appropriate, contribute to reviews and methodology, and support post-silicon bring-up as needed.
What they ask for
- BS degree and at least 10 years of relevant industry experience.
- Hands-on experience across verification planning, testbench implementation, test creation and debugging, and coverage closure.
- Strong SystemVerilog and Verilog skills, with solid working knowledge of UVM.
- Problem-solving and constrained-random verification skills; understanding of digital logic design, SOC architecture, and microarchitecture.
Nice to have
- Experience taking an ASIC/SOC from concept through tape-out; wireless SOC, PCIe, bus fabric/NOC, or AHB/AXI verification experience is also valued.
- Experience with UPF, SVA or formal tools, coverage models, embedded CPU verification, C/C++ or assembly, Python or Perl, or AI/ML verification workflows.
Pay
$175,000 and $308,500 (base salary); $184,700 and $324,800 (base salary)
Tools
SystemVerilog, Verilog, UVM, UPF, PCIe, JasperGold, Python, Perl
AI focus
Explore and apply AI-assisted verification techniques, including potential use in test generation, debug, and coverage closure.
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