PMU Design Verification Engineer: Analog & Mixed Signal Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States
Hardware
Did you know that Apple is hiring analog & mixed signal verification engineers? We are looking for engineers that are enthusiastic to find bugs! You have the opportunity to work with a creative team to craft test plans and enable production-quality first silicon. As a member of the analog and mixed signal verification team, you will be working with specialists for full-chip verification of the state of the art mixed-signal systems used in Apple’s world-leading products!
Key Qualifications
- Ability to verify analog/mixed-signal designs in a collaborative team environment.
- Proficient in hardware descriptive languages: Verilog, System-Verilog, and/or Verilog-AMS code.
- Familiarity with authoring analog assertion checks to catch bugs.
- Capability to identify failure mechanisms and review verification results in analog IC designs.
- Ability to write test plans, present results, and communicate clearly with multi-functional teams.
- Comfortable with running simulations through compute clusters while optimizing simulation and wall time.
- Understanding of both power management and related auxiliary circuitry: switching converters, linear converters, reference circuitry, bandgaps, data converters, and/or clock generators.
- Have a familiarity with verification methodologies and tools: simulators, waveform viewers, execution automation, coverage collection, gate level simulations.
- Experience developing scalable and portable test benches.
- A background that includes scripting or programming languages is preferred. These include, but are not limited to, TCL, Skill, Python, and/or PERL
- Your familiarity with analog behavioral models is also a plus.
Description
In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring high quality silicon for IC chips and IPs. Daily work involves verification of mixed signal IC designs using a combination of analog circuits and RTL in the same simulation. Responsibilities include all phases of pre-silicon verification from early discussions with architects, reviewing specifications, writing verification plans, running simulations, triaging issues, and reviewing results with the team.
• Develop detailed test and coverage plans based on IC specifications.
• Completion of verification plans from beginning to end: test bench and environment bring-up, regressions, failure debug, and tape-out.
• Develop verification methodology suitable for the IP, ensuring scalability and portability.
• Develop verification environment, including stimuli, checkers, assertions, trackers, and coverage.
• Sign-off mixed signal designs in preparation for tapeout.
Education & Experience
BS and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience