Emulation Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $150,400–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 17 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Emulation Engineer

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Emulation Engineer As part of the Silicon Technologies group, the Emulation Engineer joins the SOC Emulation team to focus on the creation, deployment, and support of advanced emulation environments. This role is central to chip design efforts, where the engineer will perform SoC bringup on emulation, root cause failing SoC or processor tests, and resolve emulator environment issues. The position requires collaborating with Design, DV, Power, Silicon Validation, Performance, and Software teams while working with leading emulation vendors. Key technical requirements include experience with C/C++ DPI Transactors, SV assertions, Coverage, Power Estimation, SpeedBridges, and Accelerated UVM Testbenches. Candidates should possess skills in Verilog, VHDL, waveform debug tools, and scripting languages like Perl, Python, TCL, or Makefile. Experience with Palladium, Veloce, or Zebu platforms and high-speed protocols such as PCIe and USB is highly valued.

Skills

Emulation SystemVerilog C++ Verilog VHDL UVM Python TCL Perl Makefile PCIe USB Palladium Veloce Zebu SoC

What you'll do

Support multiple emulation environments using C/C++ DPI transactors, SV assertions, and accelerated UVM testbenches.
Perform SoC bringup on emulation platforms to ensure functional hardware performance.
Root cause failing SoC, processor tests, and emulator environment issues.
Collaborate with leading emulation vendors to debug technical system issues.
Tune compilation, debug, performance, and throughput for Palladium, Veloce, or Zebu platforms.
Develop and maintain synthesizable SystemVerilog/Verilog code and assertions.
Debug high-speed protocols including PCIe, USB, Display, and CIO.
Utilize scripting languages like Python, Perl, or TCL to automate and manage workflows.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience.
Experience with Verilog or VHDL design (preferred).
Experience with C/C++, SystemVerilog, and Design Verification environments (preferred).
Experience with waveform debug tools (preferred).
Experience writing synthesizable SystemVerilog/Verilog code and SystemVerilog assertions (preferred).
Experience with scripting in Perl, Python, TCL, or Makefiles (preferred).
Emulation experience on Palladium, Veloce, or Zebu platforms including compilation and tuning (preferred).
Experience with Serial/High-Speed Protocols (PCIE, USB, Display, CIO) and UVM Acceleration (preferred).