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Emulation Verification Engineer

Apple

Location

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, San Diego, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

8/19/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
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Job description

This role is part of the Emulation verification team at Apple, focusing on the creation, deployment, and support of advanced emulation environments for large Wireless SoCs. The position involves collaborating with various disciplines in a chip design effort and utilizing emulation for verification. The team is dedicated to bringing cutting-edge technology to life, particularly in integrating mixed signal models onto the Palladium platform. The role is crucial for ensuring high-quality functional products are delivered to millions of customers.

Requirements

  • BS degree and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
  • Experience with System Verilog, Verilog or UVM
  • Experience in creating test benches from scratch at both Block and System Level
  • Experience in Regression Management and Triaging
  • 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 Synthesize-able SystemVerilog/Verilog code and SystemVerilog assertions
  • Experience with System Verilog verification environments including C/C++ DPI, UVM
  • Experience on any Scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or TCL
  • Excellent analytical and debug skills
  • Hands-on usage of Low Power methodologies, preferably UPF based
  • 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 cross-functional teams in chip design efforts
  • Integrate mixed signal models onto the Palladium platform

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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