SoC Embedded Software Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

As a SoC Embedded Software Engineer you will design, develop, and support high quality, scalable software implementations that enable rapid device test and characterization of Apple Silicon SoCs in an RTOS runtime environment. You will engage with new Apple Silicon SoCs from pre-silicon bringup to mass production and beyond. You will write software to exercise and stress test various IP blocks and subsystems for Apple SoCs within a resource constrained environment. Focus areas could include the DRAM interface, CPU cores and caches, digital media blocks, graphics and compute accelerators, or I/O interfaces such as USB, PCIE, or SPI. A ideal candidate will have experience with SoC bringup, validation, and reliability testing along with familiarity with at least one of these SoC functional blocks. Knowledge of SoC test strategies for DRAM or Burn-in would be helpful. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally with all phases of operations teams from the wafer fab all the product assembly and final test. You will have a direct impact on Apple’s future products by ensuring world-class solutions to demanding test and engineering challenges. Activities include: -Participating in SoC bringup, validation, and test -Development of targeted SoC functional tests to screen for defects -Support for test program deployment, failure analysis, and device characterization -Use of soft skills and data driven approach to effectively collaborate and participate in multi-team discussions and decision-making.

Requirements

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related field with 3 years of experience.

Nice To Haves

• 2-3 years of embedded software development experience
• Expert embedded C programmer
• Experience debugging code on embedded devices
• Experience working with an RTOS based software environment
• Proven ability in problem solving and debugging complex issues
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts and issues
• Experience delivering high volume, production quality software
• Exposure to SoC bringup and bare metal programming
• Experience with DRAM initialization, calibration, and test methodologies
• Experience with digital video processing for example JPEG, MPEG, H.264
• Experience with board level I/O for example USB, I2C, SPI, MIPI, DisplayPort
• Experience with RTOS internals implementation and operation
• Exposure to modern processor designs including caches, virtual memory, and instruction pipelines
• Experience reading and writing ARM assembly language code
• Experience with multi-core processors and thread synchronization
• Experience with computational accelerators such as for vector or matrix math operations
• Experience using laboratory equipment such as logic analyzers and oscilloscopes
• Experience working with board schematics and debugging at the hardware level.

Responsibilities

• Participating in SoC bringup, validation, and test
• Development of targeted SoC functional tests to screen for defects
• Support for test program deployment, failure analysis, and device characterization
• Use of soft skills and data driven approach to effectively collaborate and participate in multi-team discussions and decision-making.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees