Software Engineer - SoC Level Validation Engineer

Responsibilities

Develop directed and random tests for SoC and CPU components while maintaining system-level software platforms. Collaborate with architects and designers to debug hardware issues and ensure high-quality functional silicon.

Requirements

Requires a BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. Candidates should possess strong knowledge of SoC/CPU micro-architecture and proficiency in C/C++ and Assembly programming.

Skills

• SoC Validation
• CPU Architecture
• C
• C++
• Assembly Language
• Embedded Programming
• Hardware Debugging
• Software Debugging
• Micro-architecture
• Memory Hierarchy
• Interrupts
• DMA
• Clock Gating
• Power Gating
• System-level SW Platform
• Post-silicon Validation

About this role

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, MS or PhD in EE or CS

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

About Apple

Computers and Electronics Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees · headquartered in Cupertino, California · founded 1976