Historical snapshotmid (2–5 yrs)Captured Oct 17, 2026, 2:03 a.m.

CPU Design Verification Engineer

Apple

Location
Austin, Texas, United States · Onsite
Compensation
Not stated in this snapshot
Employment
Full-time
Experience level
MID (2–5 years exp)
Specialization
Test Engineer
Source
Apple

Role Overview

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.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS Academic experience in CPU architecture Programming experience in at least one of the following languages: C, C++, or SystemVerilog

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor of Science or Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Internships or other academic project experience in hardware verification and/or design

Academic experience in digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture

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

Application Instructions

Apply directly on Apple Jobs at CPU Design Verification Engineer.

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