CAD Emulation Engineer

Summary

As an Emulation CAD Engineer in Apple's HW Technology organization, you'll develop and maintain advanced emulation environments critical for next-generation SoC verification. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to create robust emulation platforms that enable efficient chip verification and virtual prototype solutions for faster product development.

Description

In this role, you'll be responsible for the complete lifecycle of emulation CAD systems that are part of A wide range of Apple's silicon products. You'll develop, maintain, and enhance existing emulation environments while ensuring they can handle long simulation workloads required by our teams.nnYour key responsibilities will include developing the flows, debugging complex tools and flow issues while providing technical support to emulation customers across multiple teams in Apple, including Design, Digital Verification, Power, Silicon Validation, Performance, and Software. You'll serve as a technical liaison with leading emulation vendors to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve platform issues.nnA significant part of your work will involve promoting and supporting virtual prototype solutions that accelerate chip development processes. nnThe position demands strong debugging skills, customer-focused problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to work effectively across multiple engineering disciplines. You'll play a crucial role in enabling the advanced verification capabilities that ensure Apple's chips meet the high-performance and power efficiency standards our products are known for.

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of experience in software development and emulation experiencennExperience in Python and Perl is requirednnStrong software development background.nnMust be comfortable with co-developing an existing system.nnPrototype Experience - Familiarity with prototyping brings up and debug flows on platforms such as Zebu EP1, Protium, or others. Familiarity with Xilinx and Altera FPGAs, compile, debug, and runtime.nnEmulation experience on any available platforms, Palladium, Veloce, or Zebu Server, including compilation, debugnnKnowledge about the flow from RTL to FPGA / Emulation model is a mustnnExperience in Verilog and/or System Verilog is a plusnnMachine Learning and GenAI experience is a plusnnEmulation performance and throughput tuning are a plusnnMust have good communication skills; previous customer support is a plus

Preferred Qualifications

BSc/ MSc in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science