Location
San Francisco Bay Area, CA, San Diego, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
8/19/2026
Compensation
Not listed
Job description
The role is focused on joining the emulation team at Apple, where you will contribute to the creation, deployment, and support of advanced emulation environments. You will play a key role in utilizing emulation for the verification of large Wireless SoCs and will work on integrating mixed signal models onto the Palladium platform. This position involves collaboration across various disciplines in chip design and aims to deliver high-quality functional products to millions of customers. Your contributions will be vital in executing detailed emulation test plans.
Requirements
- Minimum requirement of a bachelor's degree.
- Experience with System Verilog, Verilog, or UVM.
- Experience with bring up, debugging, and verification in emulation.
- Understanding of the tool flow from RTL to emulation.
- Good understanding of any standard emulator (Palladium, Veloce, Zebu) or FPGA (Xilinx, Altera) flow.
- Proven design verification or silicon validation skills.
- Experience in writing synthesizable SystemVerilog/Verilog code and SystemVerilog assertions.
- Experience with System Verilog verification environments including C/C++ DPI, UVM.
- Experience with any scripting language (Perl/Python/TCL).
- Excellent analytical and debug skills.
- Hands-on usage of low power methodologies (UPF based preferably).
- Experience in UVM acceleration.
Responsibilities
- Utilize emulation for verification of large Wireless SoCs.
- Port the design onto the Palladium platform.
- Execute the detailed emulation test plan.
- Collaborate with various disciplines in chip design.
- Support the creation and deployment of advanced emulation 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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