Software Engineer - SoC Level Validation Engineer

Apple Inc.; Beaverton (OR); In loco; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Apple Inc. in Beaverton, OR is seeking an enthusiastic SoC software engineer to help design and validate next‑generation processor software for Apple Silicon.

You will develop directed and random tests for the SoC and CPU, and work with design teams to push quality and performance. You will debug issues pre-silicon or post-silicon, maintain the system-level software platform, and collaborate with designers and architects to meet validation goals.

Competenze

• BS in EE or CS with at least 3 years of experience.

Mansioni

• Develop SoC and CPU directed and random tests.
• Debug issues pre-silicon or post-silicon.
• Develop and maintain system-level SW platform.
• Work with designers and architects to accomplish validation goals.

Conoscenze

SOC/CPU knowledge

C/C++ & Assembly

Debug tools & methods

Embedded programming

Formazione

BS in EE or CS

Descrizione del lavoro

Summary

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. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. We have a critical impact on getting high quality functional products to millions of customers quickly, and we are hiring all levels from junior to senior roles. What happens when you run almost everything on an SoC all at once while powering down blocks, hammering new features, and running a complex suite of algorithms? You find bugs. That's exactly what we do. We break Apple Silicon with our bare metal system level SW suite that runs mostly post‑silicon, leverages pre‑silicon and finds corner‑case hardware bugs. Join our team to uphold the high quality of Apple Silicon.

Description

• Develop SoC and CPU directed and random tests
• Debug issues pre-silicon or post-silicon
• Develop and maintain system-level SW platform
• Work with designers and architects to accomplish validation goals

Minimum Qualifications

BS in EE or CS + 3 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• SOC and CPU knowledge; consider the following: Micro-architecture, Memory hierarchy, Interrupt and DMA, Clock and Power Gating, System level understanding, & Experience with SoC bringup
• C/C++ and Assembly language programmer
• Knowledge of Hardware and Software debug tools and methods
• Experience with embedded programming with an understanding of hardware-software interfaces