Apple
Wireless MAC Design Verification Engineer
$166K–$325K
San Diego, California +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
Sunnyvale, California
Waltham, Massachusetts - Experience
- Minimum 10 years of relevant industry experience; preferred qualification also states 7+ years of wireless/wired communication block/subsystem verification experience.
- Education
- BS
About the job
Verifies wireless MAC RTL before silicon fabrication, developing reusable test benches and coverage-driven tests and supporting subsystem validation.
What you'll do
- Create verification plans, reusable UVM test benches, and directed and constrained-random tests; debug failures and drive issue closure.
- Develop and analyze coverage models, adding tests to meet coverage targets and improve design quality.
- Use machine learning and AI to identify design and test-bench issues, and support MAC validation with Palladium and/or FPGA.
What they ask for
- BS and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience.
- Advanced knowledge of Verilog, SystemVerilog, UVM, and SystemVerilog Assertion.
- Experience with ASIC verification flows, including test-bench development, constrained-random testing, and code/functional coverage.
- Verification experience in at least one of: MAC, PHY, DMA, timer, AMBA bus and fabric, or encryption/decryption engine.
Nice to have
- 7+ years of verification experience of wireless/wired communication block/subsystem; knowledge of Bluetooth, UWB, WLAN, or Zigbee protocols.
- Proficiency in shell and Python scripting or Perl; experience using AI for data mining/analysis or Palladium/FPGA validation.
Pay
$175,000 and $308,500 USD base salary; $184,700 and $324,800 USD base salary; $165,800 and $292,400 USD base salary
Tools
Verilog, SystemVerilog, UVM, SystemVerilog Assertion, Palladium, FPGA, shell, Python
AI focus
Use machine learning and AI technologies to identify design and test-bench issues and ensure verification quality.
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