CAD Emulation Engineer **Beaverton, Oregon, United States** **Hardware** **Summary** Posted: **Mar 25, 2025** Role Number: **200596878** Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. **Description** Emulation CAD engineering plays a major role in creating, maintaining and promoting a robust system of advanced emulation environments our customers heavily rely on in accomplishing critically important verification for our chips. You will work very closely with the Platform Engineering team as well as with Digital Verification team in making our FPGA and emulation platform more palatable for long simulation and software workloads. You will have the opportunity to support and promote our virtual prototype solution for faster bring-up as well as provide an even faster verification platform for our chips. This role requires close collaboration with the Platform Engineering team, Design, DV, Power, Silicon Validation, Performance, Software teams and leading emulation vendors. **Minimum Qualifications** + Minimum requirement of BS + 3 years of relevant industry experience + Experience with one of the following languages: Python, Perl, Kotlin or TCL **Preferred Qualifications** + Strong software development background + Experience with one of the following emulation platforms: Palladium, Veloce or Zebu + Expertise in batch job schedulers (ie. LSF, NC), Cloud Computing, DevOps and infrastructure are a plus + Experience with version control software (ie. Git, Perforce) + Experience in Verilog and System Verilog + Xilinx and Altera FPGA experience + Machine Learning experience + Good communication skills and previous customer support is a plus + Ability to come up with initiatives and drive them from concept to production + Comfortable with co-developing an existing system Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant. (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) **Apple Footer** Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (Opens in a new window) . Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants. United States Department of Labor. Learn more (Opens in a new window) . Apple participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program (Opens in a new window) . Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Reasonable Accommodation and Drug Free Workplace policy Learn more (Opens in a new window) . Apple is a drug-free workplace. Reasonable Accommodation and Drug Free Workplace policy Learn more (Opens in a new window) . Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. If you’re applying for a position in San Francisco, review the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance guidelines (opens in a new window) applicable in your area. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.