Apple · 17 hours ago
CPU Debug and Power Management Verification Engineer
Beaverton, OR
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expApple is a company known for its innovative products and customer experiences. They are seeking a highly motivated Design Verification Engineer to join their silicon engineering team, focusing on the auxiliary features of a high-performance ARM-based CPU, including Power Management and Debug Infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
Work across the entire product lifecycle, from pre-silicon test planning to supporting post-silicon bring-up and debug when needed
Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality correctness of CPU Power Management, clock control, and debug logic
Develop and execute test plans and schedules
Write and debug tests in Assembly, SystemVerilog, SVA, C++, and scripting languages to validate functionality in simulation, emulation, and FPGA environments
Build and maintain verification infrastructure, including checkers, transactors, and coverage monitors
Analyze functional coverage to ensure test plan completeness
Identify, root-cause, and document design issues and collaborate with RTL teams to drive fixes
Support SoC-level debug for clock and power integration issues
Work with silicon bring-up teams to develop tests and debug issues across emulation, FPGA, and silicon. Contribute to post-silicon debug, using waveform and trace tools to diagnose complex system issues
Qualification
Required
Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
Programming skills in Perl/Python or SystemVerilog
Preferred
Experience in processor or power management architecture and verification
Experience with system fabric protocols such as AXI
In-depth knowledge in design verification environments like random constraint verification and/or UVM base testbenches
Experience in system Verilog assertions or silicon bringup or UPF and low power simulation
Experience in processor debug features including hardware trace is a plus
Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal verification is a plus
Advanced programming skills such as object oriented programming or CPU assembly language is a plus
Should be an extraordinary teammate with excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex design issues during verification effort
Be able to create and follow detailed work schedules and work independently on the verification efforts for a block/area of the design
Company
Apple
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