Silicon Validation Software Engineer: Embedded and Low-level Programming

Job Description

Apple is seeking software engineers with a background in embedded software development to join a fast-paced environment and contribute to developing embedded software solutions for next-generation SOCs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience in silicon validation software engineering or related field
• Proficiency in C/C++
• Understanding of ARM specification, computer architecture, and operating systems
• Experience in embedded software development, bare metal, RTOS, and/or Linux
• Experience with IO protocols: I2C, SPMI, UART, GPIO
• Experience in lpDDR4/5, DRAM initialization, and calibration
• Troubleshooting skills in silicon bring-up and embedded software debugging
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Tcl

Responsibilities

• Developing boot and driver code for Apple SOC
• Designing, implementing, and enhancing Common Firmware Environment (CFE) and other platform software
• Developing system software to exercise power-saving features
• Contributing to SDRAM initialization and calibration development
• Implementing firmware driver for PMIC and battery charging
• Participating in chip bring-up on simulator, emulation, FPGA, and silicon
• Developing applications covering system-level use cases and functional features
• Participating in SOC architecture, design specification, and board schematics review