Software Development Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

4d

About The Position

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather
to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people
once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the
diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs
through everything we do.

DESCRIPTION

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various
unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Design and implement firmware for
SoC bring up, validation, and test. Enhance and maintain the development and
debug environments, tools and methodologies. Support functional test environment
for device characterization, failure analysis, and mass production. Generate
post‐silicon directed diagnostic and stress test cases and debugging failure
cases using multiple HW and low-level SW platforms. Leverage and port design
verification and silicon validation tests to enable improved test coverage of IP
in silicon test. Develop software to confirm that the silicon behaves as
architected under the various supported modes. Develop targeted functional tests
to screen failures identified during the product lifecycle. Craft and build the
technology that fuels Apple's devices. Craft and implement embedded software for
System on a Chip (SoC) bring up and test. Write software for Apple silicon in a
bare metal environment, and working closely with the Silicon Validation and
Software Engineering teams to bring up new silicon. Ensure the quality of every
device when manufactured. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our
total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the
opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay
range for this role is between $149,365 - $220,900/yr and your base pay will
depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. PAY & BENEFITS:
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through
participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees
are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase
Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock
Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and
dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free
services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple,
reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or
commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits:
https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit,
compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements
and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer and Information Technology, or a related field.
• Experience and/or education must include: ARM CPU assembly language programming
• Developing software in bare metal environment
• Implementing real-time operating system internals including locks and semaphores
• Implementing multi-core aware software in an embedded system
• Implementing and configuring memory protection features of CPU hardware
• Writing device drivers to support low level I/O interfaces including I2C or SPI on an SOC
• Writing code that runs in interrupt context when controlling device hardware
• Utilizing Oscilloscopes and Logic Analyzers to debug low level software drivers on an SOC

Nice To Haves

• N/A

Responsibilities

• Design and implement firmware for SoC bring up, validation, and test.
• Enhance and maintain the development and debug environments, tools and methodologies.
• Support functional test environment for device characterization, failure analysis, and mass production.
• Generate post‐silicon directed diagnostic and stress test cases and debugging failure cases using multiple HW and low-level SW platforms.
• Leverage and port design verification and silicon validation tests to enable improved test coverage of IP in silicon test.
• Develop software to confirm that the silicon behaves as architected under the various supported modes.
• Develop targeted functional tests to screen failures identified during the product lifecycle.
• Craft and build the technology that fuels Apple's devices.
• Craft and implement embedded software for System on a Chip (SoC) bring up and test.
• Write software for Apple silicon in a bare metal environment, and working closely with the Silicon Validation and Software Engineering teams to bring up new silicon.
• Ensure the quality of every device when manufactured.

Benefits

• Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs.
• Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• A range of discounted products and free services
• For formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
• This role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

What This Job Offers

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