Apple
Wireless PHY Design Verification Engineer
$123K–$225K
San Diego, California +1 · Full-time · Posted Apr 16, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
Sunnyvale, California - Experience
- Several tapeout cycles of sophisticated designs; no number of years specified.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree.
About the job
Verifies WiFi PHY digital subsystems for Apple wireless SoCs, owning verification from test planning through coverage closure.
What you'll do
- Develop UVM environments, bus functional models, assertions, and infrastructure for DSP subsystems and IEEE 802.11 protocols.
- Own subsystem verification, including test planning, environment bring-up, constrained-random scenarios, and feature closure.
- Track coverage, issues, gaps, and metrics; coordinate verification strategy with Systems and Design teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Track record of several tapeout cycles of sophisticated designs.
- Experience verifying wireless, DSP, or digital communication systems.
- ASIC verification experience with SystemVerilog / UVM, including testbench development, simulation debugging, constrained-random testing, functional coverage, and assertion-based verification.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, Cellular, or similar communication systems.
- Experience with system models using DPIs, DSP algorithm verification, or transaction-level modeling.
Pay
$122,700 and $214,300 USD base salary; $129,300 and $225,300 USD base salary
Tools
UVM, SystemVerilog, IEEE 802.11, DPIs
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