In this role at Apple, you will be integral to a chip design effort that significantly impacts product functionality for millions of customers. You will work within a team focused on the functional validation of CPUs, identifying and addressing logic design and circuit bugs. Your contributions will include developing CPU test content and defining new test cases for innovative CPU designs. Additionally, you will drive silicon bring-up efforts and collaborate closely with various teams to ensure comprehensive validation.

• Minimum BS and 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• Experience with CPU architecture
• Experience in programming in C or C++ and scripting in Python or Perl
• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering
• Understanding of CPU architecture including instruction sets, pipelines, caches, and memory subsystems
• Understanding of low-level software, firmware, and device drivers
• Experience with assembly programming (ARM ISA is a plus)
• Knowledge of operating system fundamentals including kernel execution, privilege levels, memory management, and virtual machines
• Good understanding of the logic design and verification process
• Background in silicon bring-up and system debug experience is a plus
• Strong problem-solving skills

• Work closely with CPU RTL and DV teams to understand changes to our CPU designs and to engineer test content for new CPU features
• Create CPU validation test plans, ensuring all key features are covered
• Develop SW workloads to stress test the CPU and integrate these into our existing validation environments
• Help maintain and improve our random test generator by adding support for new CPU architectural and microarchitectural features
• Drive the bring-up and execution of our silicon validation tools in pre-silicon (FPGAs) and post-silicon (development boards)
• Debug functional silicon failures closely with Design and DV counterparts

• 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.