Apple · 17 hours ago
Formal Verification Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $318K/yr
10+ years expApple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. The role of Formal Verification Engineer involves designing and verifying high-performance processors and system-on-chips (SoCs) by developing formal verification test plans and collaborating closely with design teams to ensure product quality and robustness.
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Responsibilities
Working with Apple Silicon's world-class Security Enclave design engineers to develop a formal micro-architecture specification
Developing comprehensive formal verification test plan that includes unique security requirement verification
Proving properties of the design, finding design bugs, and working closely with design teams to help improve the micro-architecture
Crafting novel and creative solutions for modelling security attacks and proving robustness of complex design micro-architectures
Developing and implementing re-usable and optimized formal models and verification code base
Architecting correct-by-construction design methodologies for improved formal verification efficiency and productivity
Qualification
Required
A minimum of a BS degree
A minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience in silicon validation software engineering or related field
Preferred
Hands on experience with VLSI and digital logic design and verification techniques or formal methods and their application to hardware, software, or systems
Interest in learning and becoming an expert in SoC, CPU, GPU, or Cellular designs
Detail oriented approach and desire to overcome challenges is required
Formal Method or Formal Verification technologies knowledge is a plus
Knowledge and experience in interpreting hardware specifications
Temporal logic assertion-based languages such as SVA or PSL
Experience in using EDA formal tools and tool development experience is plus
Proficiency in any scripting language with excellent debugging skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Passionate about developing world-class/innovative formal verification solutions
Exposure to CPU instruction-set architectures, memory consistency or cache coherence principles
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.67BKey Investors
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Leadership Team
Tim Cook
CEO
Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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