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SOC Design Verification Engineer

Apple

Location

Irvine, CA, San Diego, CA, Sunnyvale, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

11/5/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

As a Wireless SOC Design Verification Engineer at Apple, you will be integral to the chip design process, focusing on pre-silicon RTL verification across various levels of the SOC. The team emphasizes energy-efficient design and innovative technologies that enhance user experience. You will collaborate closely with architects, designers, and firmware engineers to create reusable testbenches and verification environments. This role also involves exploring AI-assisted verification methods to improve workflows.

Requirements

  • Minimum requirement of a bachelor's degree.
  • Hands-on experience across the verification cycle including test planning, testbench implementation, test creation and debug, and coverage closure.
  • Strong SystemVerilog and Verilog skills, with solid working knowledge of UVM.
  • Solid problem-solving and debugging skills with constrained-random verification.
  • Understanding of digital logic design, SOC architecture, and microarchitecture.
  • Experience taking at least one ASIC/SOC from concept through tape-out.
  • Verification experience with PCIe, bus fabric/NOC, or AHB/AXI-based architectures in a UVM environment.
  • Experience verifying IP or top-level integration for a WiFi or Bluetooth SOC, or knowledge of wireless protocols.
  • Experience with low-power verification, UPF, boot-up, power-cycling, and HW/FW interaction.
  • Experience with SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) and/or formal tools.
  • Experience defining coverage space and writing coverage models.
  • Experience with embedded CPU verification; programming in C/C++ or assembly.
  • Scripting in Python or Perl; interest in applying AI/ML to verification workflows.
  • Great teammate with excellent communication skills and the desire to take on diverse challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Own a meaningful verification scope and grow it project to project.
  • Conduct pre-silicon RTL verification at the block, subsystem, and top-level SOC.
  • Build reusable testbenches and verification environments using modern methodologies.
  • Verify power intent using UPF within your area of responsibility.
  • Collaborate with architects, designers, and firmware engineers.
  • Explore AI-assisted verification methods for test generation, debug, and coverage closure.

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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