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Emulation Engineer

Cupertino, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-02-05 → 2026-09-28

Core

Design and manufacture next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor and system-on-chip (SoC) for Apple devices.

Role type

Senior IC emulation engineer (SoC bringup and validation)

Builds

Functional SoC/Processor products for Apple customers

Domain

Semiconductor hardware design and verification

Required skills

C/C++, System Verilog, UVM, emulation environment support, SoC bringup, waveform debug, protocol debugging (PCIe, USB, Display, CIO)

Preferred skills

Verilog, VHDL, Palladium/Veloce/Zebu platforms, Synthesize-able SystemVerilog, scripting (Perl/Python/TCL/Makefile), UVM Acceleration

Technologies

C/C++, System Verilog, UVM, Palladium, Veloce, Zebu, PCIe, USB, Display, CIO, Perl, Python, TCL, Makefile

Responsibilities

Support multiple emulation environments using latest techniques; perform SoC bringup on emulation; root cause failing SoC/Processor tests and emulator environment issues; collaborate with Design, DV, Power, Silicon Validation, Performance, and Software teams.

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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