As a formal verification engineer in Apple's Silicon Technologies group, you will play a crucial role in designing and manufacturing high-performance, power-efficient processors and system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. You will work closely with a world-class team to ensure the quality and functionality of complex designs, impacting millions of customers. This position involves developing formal verification methodologies and collaborating with design engineers to enhance micro-architecture specifications. Your work will focus on crafting innovative solutions to verify security requirements and improve design robustness.

• A minimum of a BS degree in a relevant field.
• At least 10 years of relevant industry experience in silicon validation software engineering or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with VLSI and digital logic design and verification techniques.
• Interest in learning and becoming an expert in SoC, CPU, GPU, or Cellular designs.
• Knowledge of formal methods or formal verification technologies is a plus.
• Experience with temporal logic assertion-based languages such as SVA or PSL.
• Proficiency in any scripting language with excellent debugging skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Work with Apple Silicon's Security Enclave design engineers to develop a formal micro-architecture specification.
• Develop a comprehensive formal verification test plan that includes unique security requirement verification.
• Prove properties of the design, find design bugs, and collaborate closely with design teams.
• Craft novel solutions for modeling security attacks and proving the robustness of complex design micro-architectures.
• Develop and implement reusable and optimized formal models and verification code base.
• Architect correct-by-construction design methodologies for improved formal verification efficiency and productivity.

• 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.