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Apple SoC Performance QoS Validation Engineer United States, California, Cupertino 59937165
18.11.2024
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Description
You will gain insights into the ground breaking SOC IP and chip-level architecture that powers Apple Products (iPhone/iPad/Macs/Watch/TV)You will help validate the block level and system level performance of various subsystems in the SoC, and the QoS architecture of the SoCYou will collaborate with multi-functional teams including architecture, hardware design, and software teams to develop testplans, debug, and correlate silicon data. You will maintain and improve the internally developed Real Time Operating System (RTOS) that executes on the AP Clusters and IO Co-Processors, to enable QOS validation and to validate Power management featuresYou will write low-level driver code in a RTOS to configure and run various sub-systems (e.g. display, cameras, video encoders/decoders, fabrics, power management)You will develop system software to validate the power management features of the SOCYou will develop and maintain latency critical software to identify and root-cause complex performance/QoS issuesYou will help bringup prototypes and explore power and performance of bare metal workloadsYou will acquire valuable software skills writing a bare-metal RTOS, developing and debugging device drivers/RTOS using lldb/Xcode, and modeling real customer usecases
Minimum Qualifications
- BS + minimum of 3 years of experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Expert in C and C++, knowledge of assembly is desired
- Strong understanding of ARM specification, computer architecture, system architecture, SoC architecture, and memory systems
- Knowledge of Atomic operations, memory barriers
- Experienced with embedded systems programming (e.g. bare-metal, RTOS, kernel, driver programming)
- Experience with silicon bring-up and embedded software debug
- Experience with pipelining, bus architectures, and protocols is preferred
- Experienced with performance benchmarking and high-performance architectures
- Strong understanding of common data structures, algorithms, Operating Systems concepts, and multi-threaded programming
- Skilled at scripting – Python, bash
- Experience with some data analysis and data visualization tools is preferred
Pay & Benefits
- At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure 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.
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