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- Design Verification Which are the best companies to work as a Design Verification Engineer? Is it better to work at lesser known startups or companies like Apple, Nvidia. I have 4YOE, what is the TC I should be expecting in Bay Area? Any referrals are welcome, thanks! TC 140k
- Apple Phone Screen Interview Prep Hello fellow blinders, I was contacted by an apple recruiter and she has setup a technical phone interview. The position is for a design verification engineer in santa clara. The phone interview is for 45 mins and they have asked me to install code pad as well. Any recommendation on what question I
- Apple SEG and Nvidia IC3 Offer Apple: (accepted) Role: DV Level: ICT3 Base 170k RSU 200k Signon 40k NVDA: (rejected) Role: DV Level: IC3 Base: 175k RSU: 240k Signon: 30k YOE: MS+2.5yrs Location: both in Bay Area TC wise they are similar enough, so I chose the team which is more aligned to my interest. What do you think? #har
- Offer Evaluation Hey All, Could you guys please comment on which place is better to work at? Qualcomm, San Diego (Senior Design Verification Engineer, Base: 120k/ RSUs ($60k/3), not sure about sign on and target bonus (Waiting for revised offer) AMD, MA (Member of Tech Staff, Base: 125k/ RSUs: ($14k/3)/ 10k Sign
- Apple disabled Face ID ? it’s weird that Face id have been not working almost a week ago. I tried to set a new face id, but it is automtically closed. can’t do anything with it. so, I was thinking that Apple disabled it since we have to wear a mask? It might be a possible story I always use Apple pay in a grocery store and
- Physical design engineer career Hi folks, I am seeing many posts on RTL design and Verification but none on PD work. I have been working on PD for about 3 years now and thinking to switch to front end role. I like some part of PD but it's mostly manual. Any suggestions? @Intel @nvidia @apple @qualcomm
- Google ASIC Design Verification interview scheduled. Need help. Hello, I have a 45-minute phone round scheduled with a Google Design Verification team in the next week. Can anybody please share their experiences and let me know what can I expect? I seriously need to crack this. How are Google-interviews different than Apple-interviews? I gave three interview
- Block and Apple will win Web3 game Meta - Metaverse doesn’t make sense, nobody gonna use VR for long time Microsoft - Not sure what’s their plan, AR looks good but I am not sure if Microsoft will be able to make something good. Google - No Idea but except Google apps most of their product is shitty. Apple - Have a great AR tech an
- Looking for Referrals - Design Verification, CPU verification Hi everybody, I am currently working at Intel as a pre silicon Verification Engineer for one year since Jan 2019. I recently got affected by the layoffs at Intel. I am looking for referrals in the similar roles. Thanks in advance. #qualcomm #apple #cadence #amazon #broadcom #amd #nvidia #onsemico
- Apple interview what to expect Hi There, I have an interview to be sceduled with a hiring manager at apple. I am not sure how much time i should spend on coding interview prep as i was not actively preparing. Should i expect mostly resume verification or a typical coding problem, any inputs will be really helpful. I have 10+ YOE
- Design manager skill sets and career paths In companies like Apple, Google, Nvidia, Qualcomm, AMD and Intel what kind of skill sets do design managers possess (technical skillset)? Are they experts in one domain (for eg: RTL/arch or verification or backend) and have very little to no clue of the other domains? Or have they spent few years in
- vote SOC vs CPU (front end) verification Need to choose between two teams One 1.Top level team (work related to Arm ISA, memory consistency etc) 2.CPU Front End Unit level work Confused between these two. My Analysis: (1) has a lot of learning curve before I could be an effective engineer, but HM said most stuff is on ARM, my knowledge
- Got Laid off Hi everybody, I am currently working at Intel as a pre silicon Verification Engineer for one year since Jan 2019. I recently got affected by the layoffs at Intel. I am looking for referrals in the similar roles. I am very desperate to find a job. Please do help. Thanks in advance. #qualcomm #appl
- Meta hardware E5 questions Got my E5 offer today for infra team, verification role. Base: 209k Bonus: 15% Sign-on RSU: 550k Sign-on bonus: 65k I’m still in the process of negotiation. (Waiting for number from other companies) Meanwhile, can someone from Facebook hardware team share some insights about refreshing RSU, perf re
- Is GTFO a risk rn? Been dissatisfied with my job for a while now. Planned to GTFO. Interviewed. Found a new role I’m excited about. Due to start in a month-ish. Haven’t given my 2 week notice yet. 1) Worried if last in will be first out at new company? 2) Any suggestions on how I can set myself up for success? With
- Apple offer expectations I just heard back from Apple San Diego that they are going to extend me an offer for the SEG group (Verification Engineer) .I have around 7 years of experience and I was wondering about the salary expectations. I am going to talk to the recruiter soon and before that wanted to know what ballpark fig
- HW to SW h1b transfer I am currently on opt but my H1B is picked up. I am ICT3 Design verification engineer at Apple and I am planning to shift from HW to SW. I have master’s degree in computer engineering. Is there a chance of H1B transfer rejection if I switch to SW, as my masters degree is not is CS? TC: 160k(excludi
- Apple DV screening went really well. Been 4 days and didn’t hear back from recruiter. Had a WebEx screening round for a Design Verification Role at Apple San Diego/Cupertino on Monday morning first hour. It went really great. I almost answered everything by myself and took the interviewer’s help for two questions out of like 15-20 questions. However, the recruiter did not get back t
- Career path in VLSI I am few years into ASIC verif/SoC val profile. I want to know what would be a good career path to follow, what kind of opportunities I should take. I know first advice I will get is to move to SW and 2nd would be gtfo from Intel. Looking for other advices from people who love being in HW. My skill
- Avg salary in Design Verification in San Diego for 4YOE? Seeing qualcomm salaries about 130k with 20k/yr stock. Is this average, lower end, upper end? Seeing that decent house prices are $1m+, does this sound right? Reminds me of Vancouver where I'm from.... Shouldn't the US pay more? Canadian salary would be about 120k with 10-20k stock/yr so San Diego
- Startup vs Youtube TV and more 9 yrs of product design experience from Apple, unicorn startups and Facebook. Should I leave a design lead offer from YoutubeTV for a head of design offer at a 30 person startup in private data verification space with a strong team and culture? base comp is slightly lower than what I have at Faceboo
- Getting rejected in interviews Guys need some help here. I am a hardware engineer , I happen to be performing quite well in most of the onsites I attend (apple nvidia MS amazon etc) but for what ever reason I end up not being provided an offer. I really have no feedback regarding what may be missing in my package but I do notic
- How to grow in Semiconductor Domain I am a new grad and going to join Intel straight out of college. I have seen many post in TC and work life balance but very few on how to grow in career and learn better in semiconductor domain . Can someone share their learning experience at Intel in US or any other semiconductor company ? Also a
- HireRight Background check pending for last 7 days. I am leaving Uber and joing Google soon. I am in the process of background verification with HireRight. My highest degree of education is from India and HireRight is waiting to hear back from them. What if they are not able to get a response? Is that a good enough reason to revoke my offer? How lon
- Looking for relevant leads ( laid off unfortunately ) HI All, I will really appreciate if someone can help me with relevant leads or referrals. I got laid off due to recent shutdown of a Business unit at Globalfoundries. I am actively seeking career opportunities in the Semiconductor Industry: CAD/ Design Automation/ Physical Design Verification / P
- Got Laid off and Interviews Cancelled Hello Everyone, I got laid off a couple of months ago. I almost got an offer but I did not make it due to COVID-19 and my interviews were cancelled too. I am still looking for jobs and today is my last day at Intel. I have only 60 days to find a new job. It would be great if you guys could help me
- Reapply policy (cool-off period) in hardware/semiconductor companies Interviewing for full-time roles in RTL design, Verification, Firmware design for FPGA, ASIC, CPU, GPU. I would like to request inputs on cool-off period after interview rejection for the following hardware/semiconductor companies, before one may #reapply: 1. #intel 2. #amd 3. #broadcom 4. #med
- Good time to change now? Hello all I have been on this forum on and off in the last few months. I have been trying to explore the job market and I have been applying constantly till around April. I have had two on-site interviews this year but neither were successful. I had paused my job search due to the Coronavirus pand
- vote What’s the future of LinkedIn? When you look at Linkedin, do you think it’ll be there after 10years from now? Common verticals: 1. Social Media 2. Job Post/Application 3. Ads 4. LinkedIn for Learning (Hardly people use) What they do have is data, about millions of people worldwide, which might come to their rescue later. Now,i
- vote Offer Evaluation from multiple companies Hi, I work for Microsoft - level 65 engineer (Principal engineer) with 9YOE. I got offers from few companies, out of all the most compelling is the DocuSign one. I still have interviews pending with other companies like #FB, #Google, #Doordash, #Apple, #Roblox which are getting scheduled in next
- Looking for job & career change from QA to DA/DE/DS Hi, I am currently working with Land O’Lakes QA team as QA Lead and I am looking to switch jobs in the field of data analytics, data science, data engineering and business intelligence. I have extensive experience in Automated testing, ETL testing, ERP testing, and many more. I have recently comp
- 7mo exp. new grad. Slow team and project. Recruiter contacted & asked why am I looking for a change this fast? Need help Community, Sorry in advance for my rookie mindset and wording. I need your help real quick. I have a call at 2 pm today with Apple recruiter. I joined intel in April as a DV engineer in Colorado. From the past 7 months, I have done nothing but creating test plans for verification and very less OV
- Travel from India Any folks traveled back from India to the US recently? I am on OPT and have to travel to India urgently. Wanted to get an assessment of the situation. Thanks
- Good bootcamps for SE Job Offer I have a CS background coming out of college, but I don’t feel great about my programming abilities. Anyone have any recommendation for a bootcamp that leads to a great job offer? #engineering #software #bootcamp
- Thoughts on Jumpstart’s feature to filter candidates based on race/gender? I wonder if there even is an option to see only male, or Asian/White. Seems like Jumpstart is promoting racism and sexism in hiring.
- vote Has innovation slowed down? Title.
- Travel to India after graduation I will be graduating in Dec and will be joining Amazon in Feb on OPT. Is it risky to travel to India in December?
- Claim stimulus check on 2020 tax return? In 2019, I worked part time at my university and filed taxes for 9k earnings. I’ve been waiting and waiting, and haven’t received my stimulus check... Can I claim the $1200 on my 2020 tax return, even if my 2020 income is above the requirements? TC 200k YOE < 1
- best ways to buy bitcoin What is the best way to buy bitcoin? I've heard Robinhood is horrible :(
- Child care isn’t a transmission vector Largest peer-reviewed study, 57,335 child care centers: “No evidence of child care being a significant contributor to COVID19 transmission to adults—finding consistent with previous studies showing lack of assoc btwn school closures & transmission rates” https://twitter.com/nahasnewman/status/1323
- Referrals Hey everyone, looking for referrals I have a Masters degree in CS YOE - 3+ TC - 110k #Uber #Lyft #Dropbox #Microsoft #Netflix #Slack
- Any H4 applicants still waiting for Biometric appointment. Mine was filed in may 2020 and still waiting.
- Facebook WFH Options Hello Facebookers. Are you all allowed to WFH as per news or only some teams allow that? TC: 250k
- vote What kind of worker are you? Let’s face it. Some people in G and F don’t spend that much , especially 5 and 6. If You gave them 10M or 10B, they would live the same life. They just want more money even though they don’t need to spend that much. Some people work for a purpose like Dr. Fauci. He was downplayed but still want to
- link When Trump thought pandemic was going to end by easter.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52029546
- At what age did you buy life insurance Folks will be 34 soon thinking of getting a life insurance. Have a wife and 2 kids 😀 What age did you folks take one and which one would you folks recommend ? TC : 328k
- vote Stay or switch companies? I'm a designer, planning to switch to a smaller company. Even if I get promoted, I don't see myself growing much, and the work is getting boring. However, this company is less well known, but the culture seems awesome. Base: 101k Bonus: 2k Current TC: 103k New company. Base: 108k Bonus: 7k RSU- 5
- Referral Needed Looking for a referral. I need a fully remote position for personal reasons. I do not mind sharing why in my DM. YOE: 16- leadership roles. Do not mind being a individual contributor. Do not need to be a manager but I am great with people. Current Title: Capacity Planning Manager Education: Master
- Anyone hiring SDE with 1 year experience Anyone hiring SDEs with 1 year experience. Currently at Amazon and don't like the team. It is impossible to move within Amazon at L4 level. #tech
- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google