CPU Design Verification Engineer
Apple · Cambridge, MA · Hardware
About this role
Apple is hiring a mid-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Cambridge, MA. The posting calls out experience with C, Testing and roughly 10+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Cambridge, MA
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Department
- Hardware
- Posted
- May 11, 2026
Job description
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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.
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
<h3>Minimum Qualifications</h3>Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
Experience with CPU architecture
Experience in digital logic design, chip architecture, and microarchitecture
Experience with developing testplans/testbenches, C-based transactors, and writing/debugging tests
Programming knowledge in C/C++ or SystemVerilog
<h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3>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
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