GPU DFT Design Verification Engineer

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you'll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, GPU. You'll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you'll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple's devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices.

The DFT Design Verification Engineer will be on a team which is responsible for the complete DFT pre-silicon verification and support for silicon bring-up of GPU core.

Description

In this highly transparent and interactive role, your primary responsibilities will include:

• Reviewing Architecture and Design Specifications

• Extracting design features and developing attributes and verification plans

• Working with designers to verify DFT implementation and run various checks

• Implementing test benches, generating advised/constrained random tests

• Debugging failures, running gate level simulations, supervising bugs, and closing coverage

• Handling schedules and supporting multi-functional engineering effort

• Assisting in verification flows, automation scripts and regressions

• Working with test engineers to bring up test patterns on silicon.

Preferred Qualifications

Proven experience in large processors and/or GPU/SOC designs

Hands-on experience in directed or random verification, coverage analysis and assertions

Proficient in scripting languages such as Perl, Python or TCL

Strong Object-Oriented Programming skills

Solid Understanding of Design Verification (DV) methodologies for verifying DFT implementation in pre-silicon

Excellent skills in problem solving, communication and desire to seek new challenges

Experience working under strict schedule deadlines with the ability to manage multiple priorities

Good knowledge of general logic design, and exposure to DFT is a plus

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors Degree + 0 Years of Experience

Pay & Benefits

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 $129,300 and $194,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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

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