Apple · 2 days ago
Operating System Silicon Validation Engineer
Cupertino, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$181K/yr - $318K/yrApple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. They are seeking an Operating System Silicon Validation Engineer to leverage automation for hardware stress tests and contribute to test automation development for silicon validation. The role involves finding silicon bugs and improving test processes for various Apple products.
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Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
Knowledge of SOC/IP design and test automation
Ability to find silicon bugs with iOS, macOS and other silicon validation workloads
Experience with large population of development boards, silicon validation boards, and prototype Apple products
Leverage automation to run varied hardware stress tests on prototype devices
Contribute to test automation development that supports test creation, execution, and result reporting for silicon validation
Follow up on software and hardware failures using the bug tracking system
Support requests for information or custom experiments to find root-cause
Create new hardware stress tests by combining, modifying or creating new workloads
Use software and chip architecture knowledge
Preferred
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
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
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Founded in 1976
10001+ employees
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