Apple
Verification Platform Engineer, Platform Architecture
$185K–$325K
Austin, Texas +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Cupertino, California - Experience
- 10+ years of relevant experience (preferred).
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience); a relevant Master’s degree is preferred.
About the job
Develops verification tooling and infrastructure to improve RTL simulation throughput and pre-silicon validation for Apple silicon.
What you'll do
- Evaluate, integrate, and maintain high-performance 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 shorten simulation turnaround after RTL changes.
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.
- Experience in Design Verification, LEC, linting/static analysis, waveform debugging, simulation/emulation, software optimization, HPC, co-simulation, hardware acceleration/emulation, or AI productivity pipelines.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (base salary)
Tools
SystemVerilog, C++, Perl, Python, UVM, DPI-C, LEC, RTL
AI focus
Preferred experience developing agentic pipelines, graphs, skills, or similar work that enables AI productivity for other engineers.
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