What are the responsibilities and job description for the Silicon Validation Software Engineer - High Speed IO Validation position at Apple?
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.
Description
You will be part of the SOC Silicon Validation team doing system level validation developing software to validate high speed IO IP blocks working closely with SiVal, FW, Architecture and Design teams. The activities include but not limited to defining validation plans, bring up, debug SOC issues and coordinating to run tests.
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
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Description
You will be part of the SOC Silicon Validation team doing system level validation developing software to validate high speed IO IP blocks working closely with SiVal, FW, Architecture and Design teams. The activities include but not limited to defining validation plans, bring up, debug SOC issues and coordinating to run tests.
Minimum Qualifications
- A minimum of a bachelor's degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience in silicon validation software engineering or related field
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Embedded system is required
- Familiar with SoC and System architecture.
- Knowledge and experience working with board schematics.
- Experience with using test equipment and analyzers (USB, PCIe, DP, I2C) is required.
- High knowledge and experience with High Speed interfaces such USB-PD, USB2.0, USB3.0, Thunderbolt 3, USB4.0, PCIE or DP is required.
- Proven experience in silicon bring-up, debugging, validation, and characterization.
- In-depth understanding of PHY design, architecture, adaptations, and equalization techniques.
- Strong hands-on software programming skills with a focus on embedded systems; proficiency in C programming is essential.
- Skilled in scripting, with a preference for Python, to automate testing and data analysis.
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 .
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