CPU Processor Power Management Verification Engineer
Apple Inc.
Santa Clara, CA
Posted today
Qualifications
Education
Master's degree preferred
Responsibilities
Primary Duties
- Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality correctness of the Power Management and Clock Control logic.
- Develop and execute test plans and schedules for the power management and clock control logic.
- Develop tests in Assembly, Scripts, System Verilog, or vectors according to test plans to drive testing in simulation and emulation environments.
- Root cause failures and propose potential solutions to the design team.
- Work with the silicon bringup team on developing tests that work in the emulation and FPGA environments. Aid silicon debug in related parts of the design.
- Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all the test cases in the test plans are covered.
- Develop checkers or Verilog/System Verilog-based transactors to verify the design.
- Write assertions and apply formal verification to the design.
Required Skills
Technical Skills
Power management architecture and design techniquesSystem Verilog assertionsSilicon bringupUPF and low power simulationAdvanced verification techniquesObject-oriented programmingCPU assembly language
Soft Skills
Excellent communication skillsTeamwork
Full Job Description
**CPU Processor Power Management Verification Engineer**
**Company:** Apple Inc.
**Location:** Santa Clara, CA
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 to 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 many teams, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly. We are looking for a strong candidate to join our processor verification team focusing on Power Management and Clock Control verification.
**Responsibilities:**
- Work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality correctness of the Power Management and Clock Control logic.
- Develop and execute test plans and schedules for the power management and clock control logic.
- Develop tests in Assembly, Scripts, System Verilog, or vectors according to test plans to drive testing in simulation and emulation environments.
- Root cause failures and propose potential solutions to the design team.
- Work with the silicon bringup team on developing tests that work in the emulation and FPGA environments. Aid silicon debug in related parts of the design.
- Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all the test cases in the test plans are covered.
- Develop checkers or Verilog/System Verilog-based transactors to verify the design.
- Write assertions and apply formal verification to the design.
**Qualifications:**
- Master's degree preferred.
- In-depth knowledge of power management architecture and design techniques.
- Experience in System Verilog assertions or silicon bringup or UPF and low power simulation.
- Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal verification.
- Advanced programming skills such as object-oriented programming or CPU assembly language is a plus.
- Ability to independently come up with design verification testbenches and environments and solve complex design verification problems.
- Should be an extraordinary teammate with excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex design issues during verification efforts.
- Be able to create and follow detailed work schedules and work independently on the verification efforts for a block/area of the design.
How to Apply
$120
/ hour
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