Mixed-Signal Verification Engineer

Come join Apple’s growing wireless silicon development team. Our wireless SOC organization is responsible for all aspects of wireless silicon development with a particular emphasis on highly energy efficient design and new technologies that transform the user experience at the product level. All of which is driven by a world-class vertically integrated engineering team, spanning RF/Analog architecture and design, Systems/PHY/MAC architecture and design, VLSI/RTL design and integration, Emulation, Design Verification, Test and Validation and FW/SW engineering.

In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a wireless Mixed-Signal silicon design group, with a critical impact on getting innovative and functional products to hundreds of millions of customers quickly.

As a Mixed Signal Design Verification Engineer, you will be responsible for the verification of RF and mixed-signal blocks and their interfaces within the wireless SoC. You will interact with the analog/RF design team, digital DV team digital design team, and wireless system team to develop best-in-class verification methodologies that ensure silicon-correct functionality with optimal coverage and time-to-tapeout trade-off.

Review specifications, extract features, define and execute verification plan

Develop top/block level Mixed Signal and Digital testbench and generate tests in a UVM framework

Build and reuse monitors, and checkers for RF/Mixed-Signal blocks

Debug failures, fix testbench/model/checker issues, manage bug tracking, and analyze and close coverage

Write scripts for automation of flow

Improve Mixed Signal verification methodology with novel ideas and leveraging AI

Minimum requirement of a bachelors degree

• Industry verification experience with RF/Mixed-Signal blocks and SOCs
• Expertise building Mixed-Signal testbenches, checkers and tests using System Verilog
• Experience in UVM methodology and HDL (System Verilog, Verilog) for verification
• Strong verification skills in problem solving, testing, and debugging
• Understanding of common analog/RF blocks

Experience with UPF, Python or Matlab

• Experience with Virtuoso Composer, ADE, and HED
• Bachelor degree in technical disciplines with 2+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Expertise creating and using real-numbered analog behavioral models in System Verilog
• Wireless experience
• Ability to work well in a team and be productive under aggressive schedule
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivation/organization and the desire to take diverse challenges.