Software Engineer - Systems

Apple•Cupertino, CA

7d•Onsite

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. APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Research, design, develop, implement, test and debug video decoder firmware and driver for use in hardware accelerated video playback. Study video decoder technical reference manuals and various codec specifications in order to implement video decoder driver and firmware interfaces to support video playback on Apple devices. Design and implement software to prepare decode commands in order to drive video decoder hardware. Review software source code to identify defects and performance issues. Run tests and regression to verify software and hardware implementations. Analyze diagnostic reports and reconstruct failure scenarios to identify causes. Work with Apple's design, platform architecture, platform emulation and other verification teams to bring-up video decoder firmware and driver on new hardware platforms. Work closely with other members in the team on mobile and embedded platforms that combine cutting-edge software engineering techniques with next-generation hardware.

Requirements

Using C and C++ programming languages to implement real-time embedded applications
Experience in HW and SW interaction, including usage of microprocessors or microcontrollers and real-time application development.
Testing firmware functionality through automation toolchains, Python, and C or C++
Unit, regression and integration testing
Reviewing C/C++ firmware code designed for embedded real-time applications
Using scripting languages and tools: Bash, and Python
Experience with version control systems Git, and Perforce
Synthesizing functional requirements from technical reference manuals and specifications
Debugging software using an interactive debugger, like lldb, to reproduce and triage issue in software and firmware applications

Responsibilities

Research, design, develop, implement, test and debug video decoder firmware and driver for use in hardware accelerated video playback.
Study video decoder technical reference manuals and various codec specifications in order to implement video decoder driver and firmware interfaces to support video playback on Apple devices.
Design and implement software to prepare decode commands in order to drive video decoder hardware.
Review software source code to identify defects and performance issues.
Run tests and regression to verify software and hardware implementations.
Analyze diagnostic reports and reconstruct failure scenarios to identify causes.
Work with Apple's design, platform architecture, platform emulation and other verification teams to bring-up video decoder firmware and driver on new hardware platforms.
Work closely with other members in the team on mobile and embedded platforms that combine cutting-edge software engineering techniques with next-generation hardware.