CAD Emulation Engineer

Summary

Posted:May 05, 2025

Role Number:200603242

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices.

Description

Emulation CAD engineering plays a major role in creating, maintaining and promoting a robust system of advanced emulation environments our customers heavily rely on in accomplishing critically important verification for our chips. You will work very closely with the Platform Engineering team as well as with Digital Verification team in making our FPGA and emulation platform more palatable for long simulation and software workloads. You will have the opportunity to support and promote our virtual prototype solution for faster bring-up as well as provide an even faster verification platform for our chips. This role requires close collaboration with the Platform Engineering team, Design, DV, Power, Silicon Validation, Performance, Software teams and leading emulation vendors.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of BS + 10 years of relevant industry experience
• Experience with one of the following languages: Python, Perl, Kotlin or TCL
• Experience with one of the following emulation platforms: Palladium, Veloce, or Zebu

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong software development background
• Expertise in batch job schedulers (ie. LSF, NC), Cloud Computing, DevOps and infrastructure are a plus
• Experience with version control software (ie. Git, Perforce)
• Experience in Verilog and System Verilog
• Xilinx and Altera FPGA experience
• Machine Learning experience
• Good communication skills and previous customer support is a plus
• Ability to come up with initiatives and drive them from concept to production
• Comfortable with co-developing an existing system

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.