Apple: Cpu Cache Verification Engineer

SummaryPosted: Mar 26, 2021Role Number:200183497Imagine what you could do here.

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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 all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly.Key QualificationsYou should have 2+ years of processor verification experienceIn-depth knowledge of digital logic design, processor and cache architecture and microarchitectureKnowledge of the multiprocessor coherency and memory orderingExperience with expertise in developing test plans, test benches, C-based transactors, and writing/debugging assembly based testsExperience with advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertionsExperience in silicon bringup a plusShould be a collaborative teammate with excellent communication skills and be able to work independently on the verification efforts for a block/area of the designDescriptionAs a CPU Cache Verification Engineer owning the verification of a certain level of cache, you will have the following responsibilities: You will work closely with architecture and RTL designers on verifying the functionality correctness of the cache design Develop test plans and unit test environments.

Develop tests in assembly, C, or vectors according to test plans Develop coverage monitors and analyze coverage to ensure all the test cases in the plans are covered Develop checkers or C-base transactor to verify the design.

Write assertions and apply formal verification to the designEducation & ExperienceBS/MSEE/PhD is required.