Apple · 1 month ago
Silicon Validation Software Engineer: Embedded and Low-level Programming
Austin, Texas, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$140K/yr - $258K/yr
3+ years expApple is a company known for its extraordinary products and innovative technologies. They are seeking software engineers with a background in embedded software development to contribute to developing embedded software solutions and improve their silicon test software platforms, which will have a critical impact on delivering high-quality functional products to customers.
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Responsibilities
Develop boot and driver code for Apple SOC, including AP clusters, IO Co-Processor system, fabric, power management, memory and other I/O devices
Design, implement, and enhance Common Firmware Environment (CFE) and other platform software for Apple silicon validation organization
Develop system software to exercise power saving feature (suspend and resume)
Contribute to SDRAM initialization and calibration development
Implement firmware driver for PMIC and battery charging
Participate in the chip bring-up on simulator, emulation, FPGA and silicon
Develop applications covering system level use cases and functional features
Participate in SOC architecture, design specification and board schematics review
Qualification
Required
A minimum of a bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience in silicon validation software engineering or related field
Preferred
Proficient in C/C++, assembly a plus
Background in embedded software development, bare metal, RTOS and/or Linux
Solid understanding about ARM specification, computer architecture, operating system
Experience in boot code, CPU & SOC initialization, device drivers
Familiar with IO protocols: I2C, SPMI, UART, GPIO
Experience in lpDDR4/5, DRAM initialization and calibration a big plus
Good troubleshooting skills in silicon bring-up and embedded software debugging
Experience with script language such as Python, Perl, or Tcl
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
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10001+ employees
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CEO
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SVP, Software Engineering
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