Apple

SoC Embedded Software Engineer

Apple$120K — $160K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 3 years of experience in embedded systems
  • Expertise in embedded C programming
  • Experience debugging and developing on embedded devices
  • Familiarity with RTOS environments
  • Knowledge of SoC bringup and bare metal programming
  • Experience with digital video processing algorithms.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in SoC bringup, validation, and testing
  • Develop functional tests for SoC to identify defects
  • Support test program deployment and failure analysis
  • Collaborate across multi-functional teams on analysis and decision-making
  • Design and implement software for testing various IP blocks and subsystems
  • Stress test subsystems to ensure reliability and performance.
  • Contribute to the enhancement of Apple's Silicon production quality software.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology at Apple
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams
  • Direct impact on future Apple products
  • Challenging work focusing on high-quality software implementations
  • Exposure to advanced SoC designs and testing methodologies.
Full Job Description
Joining Apple a SoC Embedded Software Engineer, you will craft and implement embedded software for System on a Chip (SoC) bringup and test. You will write software for Apple silicon in a bare metal environment, working closely with cross functional teams such as chip design, silicon validation, and product engineering, to bringup new silicon and ensure the quality and performance of every device manufactured.

As a SoC Embedded Software Engineer you will design, develop, and support high quality, scalable software implementations that enable rapid device test and characterization of Apple Silicon SoCs in an RTOS runtime environment. You will engage with new Apple Silicon SoCs from pre-silicon bringup to mass production and beyond. You will write software to exercise and stress test various IP blocks and subsystems for Apple SoCs within a resource constrained environment. Focus areas could include the DRAM interface, CPU cores and caches, digital media blocks, graphics and compute accelerators, or I/O interfaces such as USB, PCIE, or SPI. A ideal candidate will have experience with SoC bringup, validation, and reliability testing along with familiarity with at least one of these SoC functional blocks. Knowledge of SoC test strategies for DRAM or Burn-in would be helpful. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally with all phases of operations teams from the wafer fab all the product assembly and final test. You will have a direct impact on Apple's future products by ensuring world-class solutions to demanding test and engineering challenges. Activities include: -Participating in SoC bringup, validation, and test -Development of targeted SoC functional tests to screen for defects -Support for test program deployment, failure analysis, and device characterization -Use of soft skills and data driven approach to effectively collaborate and participate in multi-team discussions and decision-making.

A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 3 years of embedded experience.

2-3 years of embedded software development experience Expert embedded C programmer Experience debugging code on embedded devices Experience working with an RTOS based software environment Proven ability in problem solving and debugging complex issues Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts and issues Experience delivering high volume, production quality software Exposure to SoC bringup and bare metal programming Experience with DRAM initialization, calibration, and test methodologies Experience with digital video processing for example JPEG, MPEG, H.264 Experience with board level I/O for example USB, I2C, SPI, MIPI, DisplayPort Experience with RTOS internals implementation and operation Exposure to modern processor designs including caches, virtual memory, and instruction pipelines Experience reading and writing ARM assembly language code Experience with multi-core processors and thread synchronization Experience with computational accelerators such as for vector or matrix math operations Experience using laboratory equipment such as logic analyzers and oscilloscopes Experience working with board schematics and debugging at the hardware level.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
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Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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