Software Engineer- SoC Level Validation Engineer

Software Engineer- SoC Level Validation Engineer Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. We have a critical impact on getting high quality functional products to millions of customers quickly, and we are hiring all levels from junior to senior roles. What happens when you run almost everything on an SoC all at once while powering down blocks, hammering new features, and running a complex suite of algorithms? You find bugs. That’s exactly what we do. We break Apple Silicon with our bare metal system level SW suite that runs mostly post-silicon, leverages pre-silicon and finds corner-case hardware bugs. Join our team to uphold the high quality of Apple Silicon. Description In this role, you will: Write SoC and CPU directed and random tests Debug issues pre-silicon or post-silicon Develop and maintain system-level SW platform Lead SW development and execution plans of SoC projects Work with designers and architects to accomplish validation goals Engaging with other teams at Apple to develop validation strategies based on product needs Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field with 10 years of experience. Preferred Qualifications SOC and CPU knowledge Memory hierarchy Interrupt and DMA Clock and Power Gating. Experience with SoC bringup Experienced C/C++ and Assembly language programmer Expertise in Embedded programming with an understanding of hardware-software interfaces Knowledge of Hardware and Software debug tools and methods Experience with scopes is a plus Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong. Learn about accessibility in Apple’s workplace Learn about reasonable accommodations for job applicants Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apple Inc.