Design Verification Engineer
Apple
Design
Cupertino, CA, USA
Posted on May 29, 2026
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APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Ensure a bug-free first silicon for part of the SoC/IP. Develop detailed test and coverage plans based on the micro-architecture. Develop verification methodology suitable for the IP, ensuring scalable and portable environment. Develop verification environment, including all the respective components including stimulus, checkers, assertions, trackers, coverage. Design and execute feature verification plans, including design bring-up, design verification environment bring-up, regression enabling, debug of the test failures. Develop block, IP and SoC level test-benches. Track and report design verification progress using a variety of metrics, including bugs and coverage. Develop mixed-signal simulation environment and work closely with analog team to ensure overall bug-free mixed-signal designs. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $186,472 - $220,900/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
- Experience and/or education must include:
- Using Verilog, System Verilog to create complex IC verification environment to simulate pre-silicon all possible use cases
- Using C and C++ to create reference models of the design under test to accurately predict the behavior
- Using digital design and verification to test the design and debug the failures
- Using Computer Architecture to understand the use case of the soft IP cores and how it inter-operates with the various CPU sub-systems
- Using scripting languages like PERL or Python to create executable scripts.
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