Apple
Verification Platform Engineer, Platform Architecture
$150K–$225K
Austin, Texas +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Cupertino, California - Experience
- 3+ years of relevant experience (preferred).
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
About the job
Develops and improves high-performance RTL simulation systems and verification workflows for Apple silicon, working with silicon engineering teams on tooling, testbenches, and infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Evaluate, integrate, and maintain RTL simulation tooling with silicon engineering groups.
- Modify testbench and design RTL for tool compatibility and simulation efficiency; diagnose issues using EDA tools.
- Design infrastructure improvements that speed simulation after RTL changes and collaborate with internal teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Experience with SystemVerilog and EDA tooling.
- Experience with software development (e.g., using C++) and scripting (e.g., Perl or Python).
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another hardware-related field.
- Design Verification methodology experience, LEC, linting/static analysis, waveform debugging, simulation/emulation, software optimization, HPC, co-simulation, hardware acceleration/emulation, or agentic AI productivity work.
Pay
$150,400 and $225,300 (base salary)
Tools
SystemVerilog, EDA tooling, C++, Perl, Python, UVM, DPI-C, LEC
AI focus
Preferred experience developing agentic pipelines, graphs, skills, or similar work that enables AI productivity for other engineers.
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