Software Development Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

As a member of the Apple SOC Silicon Validation Team you will use your knowledge
of SOC/IP design and test automation to find silicon bugs with iOS, macOS and
other silicon validation workloads on a large population of development boards,
silicon validation boards, and prototype Apple products.

DESCRIPTION

Leverage automation to run varied hardware stress tests on prototype devices
while contributing to test automation development that supports the test
creation, execution, and result reporting for silicon validation. Follow up on
software and hardware failures using the bug tracking system, supporting
requests for information or custom experiments to find root-cause. Create new
hardware stress tests by combining, modifying or creating new workloads, using
your software and chip architecture knowledge.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or equivalent is required

Nice To Haves

• Strong Computer systems, SoC and CPU architecture knowledge Experience in test content creation and test automation infrastructure development for consumer electronic hardware (watch, phone, pads, computers, ARVR)
• OS test experience, iOS/macOS/Android/Windows
• Expertise in at least one scripting language such as Python, Perl, or TCL.
• Desire to develop and execute test plans, analyze test logs/results, and report status
• SoC validation experience
• Operating system, boot loader, kernel and device driver structure
• Debug methodology and troubleshooting development hardware skills

Responsibilities

• Leverage automation to run varied hardware stress tests on prototype devices
• Contribute to test automation development that supports the test creation, execution, and result reporting for silicon validation
• Follow up on software and hardware failures using the bug tracking system, supporting requests for information or custom experiments to find root-cause
• Create new hardware stress tests by combining, modifying or creating new workloads, using your software and chip architecture knowledge

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level