Apple · 6 hours ago
CAD Engineer – Design Verification Methodology
Apple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products. As a CAD Engineer in the Silicon Technologies group, you will develop and enhance software systems for regression-testing silicon designs, ensuring high-performance and power-efficient processors.
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Responsibilities
Develop, maintain, and enhance existing sophisticated software systems for regression-testing Apple’s silicon designs in software simulation
Find and report defects in our chip designs
Ensure that Apple tapes-out world-class silicon
Inform the design of the next generation of these regression systems
Diagnosing the root cause of complex problems
Guide engineers who come to you with problems
Work closely with EDA vendors to incorporate new capabilities of their commercial tools
Resolve problems
Qualification
Required
Minimum of BS degree + 10 years of relevant experience
Experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing an existing system for regressing RTL
Experience debugging vendor tool problems
Python programming background is required
Preferred
Experience with TCL or Perl is a plus
Experience with artificial intelligence and machine learning
Experience with interacting with DV team(s) to help solve their problems
Experience in implementing new functionality to solve emerging problems or to optimize already existing methods
MSEE/CE/CS preferred
Knowledge in Verilog and SystemVerilog; familiarity with VHDL a plus
Experience with Synopsys VCS, XCelium, or Modelsim
Good communications skills are required and prior customer support experience is a plus
Experience writing or maintaining a script or Makefile that builds a simulation model from RTL is a plus
Familiarity with Verdi and/or Indago is considered a plus
Knowledge of C and C++ is a plus
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
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Funding
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Tim Cook
CEO
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