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Silicon Validation Software Engineer: CPU and Memory Hierarchy

Apple
Posted 4 months ago, valid for 8 days
Location

Cupertino, Santa Clara 95015, CA

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The job involves developing software that validates Apple's silicon for iPhones, iPads, and Macs.
  • Candidates must have a BS degree and at least 3 years of relevant industry experience.
  • The role requires strong knowledge of micro-processor architecture and experience with C and assembly programming.
  • The position offers a collaborative environment, working with design and engineering teams to debug silicon issues.
  • Salary details are not specified, but candidates should be familiar with scripting languages like Python, Perl, or Tcl.
Would you like to work on SW that runs on every Apple phone, pad, and Mac computer in the world? Join our team of experienced SW engineers and debuggers in validating Apple's world class silicon. In this highly visible role you will be writing functional validation SW for the CPUs, caches, and memory subsystem of our SoCs, with the aim of identifying logic design and circuit bugs. You will be a SW developer for a system validation tool used widely across Apple's Silicon Engineering group, and will collaborate with SoC design and product engineering teams to debug and drive silicon issues to root-cause.

Description


Work with designers and architects to understand the functionality of various blocks in the SoC. Create validation test plans, ensuring all key features are covered. Develop SW workloads to validate various CPU and memory subsystem features. Integration of these workloads into an existing system validation tool. Make enhancements to the tool's SW framework to support new CPU architectures. Drive the bring-up and execution of our validation SW in pre-silicon (FPGAs) and post-silicon (development boards). Debug workload failures using a variety of tools and hooks. Release and distribute our system validation SW to cross-functional teams across Apple.

Minimum Qualifications


BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications


Strong understanding of micro-processor architecture Good knowledge of ARM or another CPU instruction set architecture Familiarity with memory technologies and power management Experienced C and assembly programmer Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Tcl Knowledge of software tool chains including including compilers, assemblers, and source control tools Background in silicon bring-up and debug experience a plus Ability to work well in a team, but to be responsible and self-driven.


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