Software Engineer - SoC Level Validation Engineer

Apple • Austin, TX

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About The Position

As part of Apple’s Silicon Technologies group, the SoC Level Validation Engineer helps design and manufacture high-performance, power-efficient processors and systems-on-chip. The role contributes to the quality and timely delivery of Apple Silicon products by finding corner-case hardware bugs through a bare-metal system-level software suite, used mostly post-silicon and also pre-silicon. Apple is hiring at levels ranging from junior to senior.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
• At least 3 years of experience.
• Knowledge of SoCs and CPUs, including microarchitecture, memory hierarchy, interrupts and DMA, clock and power gating, system-level understanding, and SoC bring-up experience.
• Programming experience in C/C++ and assembly language.
• Knowledge of hardware and software debugging tools and methods.
• Embedded programming experience and understanding of hardware-software interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop directed and random tests for SoCs and CPUs.
• Debug issues in pre-silicon or post-silicon environments.
• Develop and maintain the system-level software platform.
• Work with designers and architects to accomplish validation goals.

What This Job Offers

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