Job description
Join Apple's GPU team as a Graphics Emulation Engineer, where you'll contribute to the development of cutting-edge graphics processing technology. This role focuses on pre-silicon validation of GPU microarchitectures, ensuring they meet Apple's quality standards. You'll work on validating designs for demanding graphics workloads and support various aspects of functional verification and silicon validation. Collaborating with a growing team, you'll help empower customers to enjoy exceptional graphics performance on their devices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 3 years of relevant experience.
- Experience with CPU and/or GPU architecture and microarchitecture.
- Experience with writing synthesizable code.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C/C++, Perl, Ruby, or Python.
- Demonstrated ability to build emulation models and debug issues in silicon design projects.
Responsibilities
- Ensure complex GPU designs meet quality standards through comprehensive hardware platform testing.
- Validate designs that enable seamless execution of demanding graphics workloads.
- Support functional verification, power and performance analysis, and silicon validation.
- Build emulation models and run both synthetic and real-world test cases.
- Interface emulation hardware with virtual systems and simulation environments.
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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