GPU Silicon Validation Engineer — Power, Performance & Debug

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a GPU Silicon Validation Engineer to validate functional operation, electrical behavior, power, and performance of Apple’s embedded GPUs.

You will configure system hardware and software for silicon validation, and help build test plans, automation, and data analysis to ensure robust GPU silicon validation. The role requires a BS in a related field and experience with C/C++, Python or TCL/Expect, with collaboration across design, verification, productization,

Qualifications

• BS required.
• Coursework in system architecture and GPU or CPU architectures.
• Experience in C/C++ and one or more scripting languages: Python, TCL/Expect.

Responsibilities

• Configure system HW and SW for silicon validation.
• Validate GPU silicon functionally and electrically.
• Perform performance and power measurements.
• Triage fails and debug underlying embedded GPU issues.
• Learn and support all GPU silicon validation tasks as needed.
• Maintain and improve automation tools for validation and debug.

Skills

C/C++

Python

TCL/Expect

Education

BS

Job description

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.The GPU Silicon Validation Team is responsible for validating the functional operation, electrical behavior, power, and performance of Apple's embedded GPUs. Team members are involved in test planning, test execution, data analysis, failure triage, and tool development. We work hand-in-hand with the design, verification, productization, hardware and software teams to enable world-class GPUs in the embedded space. In this role, you will be responsible for a variety of silicon validation tasks such as functional testing, silicon characterization, analyzing and reporting results, power and performance validation, and triaging complex hardware and software issues.

Description

In this role you will:- Configure system HW and SW for silicon validation.- Validate GPU silicon functionally and electrically.- Perform performance and power measurements.- Triage fails and debug underlying embedded GPU issues.- Learn and support all GPU silicon validation tasks as needed.- Maintain and improve automation tools for validation and debug.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS required.
• Coursework in system architecture and GPU or CPU architectures.
• Experience in C/C++ and one or more of the following scripting languages: python, TCL/expect.

Preferred Qualifications

• Coursework in device physics and transistor behavior.
• Experience debugging hardware and software issues in an embedded system.
• Interested and able to work in the lab.
• Experience with system profiling features.
• Ability to work well on a team in order to be productive under aggressive product schedules.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to read schematics.
• Perform performance and power measurements.

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