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Apple

CPU Design Verification Engineer

Beaverton, OR · On-site

$141K - $172K/yr

Description As a CPU Design Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows: • Work closely with ...

Apple

CPU Design Verification Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$134K - $164K/yr

Description As a CPU Design Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows: • Work closely with ...

Apple

CPU Design Verification Engineer

Beaverton, OR · On-site

$141K - $172K/yr

Description As a CPU Design Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows: • Work closely with ...

Apple

CPU Design Verification Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$134K - $164K/yr

Description As a CPU Design Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows: • Work closely with ...

Apple

CPU Design Verification Engineer

Beaverton, OR · On-site

$141K - $172K/yr

Description As a CPU Design Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows: • Work closely with ...

Apple

CPU Design Verification Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$134K - $164K/yr

Description As a CPU Design Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows: • Work closely with ...

Apple

CPU Design Verification Engineer

Beaverton, OR · On-site

$141K - $172K/yr

Description As a CPU Design Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows: • Work closely with ...

Apple

CPU Design Timing Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

Description As the CPU Design Timing Engineer, you will be responsible for the timing closure of the project. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Working with the CAD team to develop ...

Apple

CPU Design Verification Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$134K - $164K/yr

Description As a CPU Design Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows: • Work closely with ...

Apple

CPU Design Timing Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

Description As a CPU Design Timing Engineer, you will be responsible for the timing closure of the project. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Working with the CAD team to develop ...

Apple

CPU Design Timing Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

Description As the CPU Design Timing Engineer, you will be responsible for the timing closure of the project. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Working with the CAD team to develop ...

Apple

CPU Design Timing Engineer

Beaverton, OR · On-site

Description As a CPU Design Timing Engineer, you will be responsible for the timing closure of the project. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Working with the CAD team to develop ...

Intel

CPU Memory Design Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$122K - $232K/yr

The CPU Circuit Technology team is looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our team as a CPU Memory Design Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for designing ...

Intel

Senior CPU Design Verification Engineer

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$135K - $164K/yr

What You'll Do As a Senior CPU Design Verification Engineer you will play a critical role in ensuring architectural correctness, functional robustness, and powerefficient performance of Intel's Atom ...

Apple

CPU Design Timing Engineer

Beaverton, OR · On-site

Description As a CPU Design Timing Engineer, you will be responsible for the timing closure of the project. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Working with the CAD team to develop ...

Apple

CPU Design Timing Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

Description As a CPU Design Timing Engineer, you will be responsible for the timing closure of the project. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Working with the CAD team to develop ...

Apple

CPU Design Timing Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

Description As a CPU Design Timing Engineer, you will be responsible for the timing closure of the project. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Working with the CAD team to develop ...

Intel

Senior CPU Design Verification Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

$134K - $164K/yr

What You'll Do As a Senior CPU Design Verification Engineer you will play a critical role in ensuring architectural correctness, functional robustness, and powerefficient performance of Intel's Atom ...

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CPU Design Verification Engineer

Beaverton, OR • On-site

Apple
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing • 10K+ employees
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$141K - $172K/yr

Full-time

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8.1

Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

Based on 684 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

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Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, intelligent people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Do you want join us in these pursuits? Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product!
In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a chip design effort collaborating with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly.
Description
As a CPU Design Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain area of functionality in a CPU design, you will have the responsibilities as follows:
• Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functional correctness of the design
• Develop test plans and test environments
• Develop tests in assembly, C, or vectors according to test plans
• Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all the test cases in the plans are covered
• Develop checkers and SystemVerilog or C-base transactors to verify the design
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
Experience with CPU architecture
Experience with digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture
Programming experience in C/C++ or SystemVerilog
Experience with developing testplans/testbenches, C-based transactors, and writing/debugging tests
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor of Science or Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
Operating system knowledge
Experience in post-silicon bringup
Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal
Should be a great teammate with excellent communication skills and be able to work independently on the verification efforts for a block/area of the design

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Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, intelligent people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same real passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it.

Industry

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Cupertino, CA, US

Year founded

1976

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