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GPU Silicon Prototype Engineer

Apple

Location

Austin, TX

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/5/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
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Job description

As a Silicon Prototype Engineer in Apple's GPU Design Verification and Validation organization, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of complex GPU designs and software. You will work on pre-silicon validation of innovative GPU microarchitectures that power a wide range of devices. This position involves collaborating with multi-functional teams to create detailed verification plans and optimize designs for performance and power. Your contributions will help deliver exceptional graphics performance to millions of users worldwide.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • Coursework or experience in computer architecture
  • Coursework or experience in SystemVerilog and C/C++
  • Coursework or experience with scripting
  • Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • Experience scripting for system automation
  • Ability to collaborate under tight schedules
  • Excellent planning, collaboration, and communication abilities

Responsibilities

  • Develop verification environments using SystemVerilog, C++, and scripting languages to validate GPU functional behavior, performance, and power characteristics.
  • Run development graphics driver and test applications on development hardware systems, triaging failures to their respective teams.
  • Build automated systems for GPU model deployment and testing on hardware platforms.
  • Create and drive detailed verification plans in collaboration with multi-functional teams.
  • Work closely with power and performance validation teams to optimize designs.
  • Lead debug efforts for issues discovered in both pre-silicon and post-silicon phases.

Benefits

  • Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Apple Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

1,065

FY2026

Approval rate

99.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

9,221

FY2026

Entry-level share

5.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+30%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-35%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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