Board Firmware- Embedded Software Engineer

at  Apple

SUMMARY

Posted: Feb 1, 2024
Role Number:200537034
At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there’s no telling what you could accomplish! Dynamic, smart people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. Firmware and systems engineer for board management controllers and related projects. Platforms: Embedded Linux, bare metal, and Mac/Linux controlled laboratory devices. Secondary responsibilities include but are not limited to: hardware specification and schematic review, embedded Linux infrastructure, regression and release systems, utilization tracking, regression/release systems, and manufacturing support for a cross-functional team. Apple designs many product-destined SoCs and test chips each year; each one has multiple complex bring-up and characterization boards designed for them; our team enables our full suite of firmware for each board to enable both in-person and remote bring-up, analysis, and debug of the silicon in person and at scale.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Key Qualifications

• Proficient in C or C++Experienced with embedded software, bare metal.

DESCRIPTION

Description
-You will design, develop, release, maintain, and enhance micro-controller or embedded Linux code running in FPGAs and controlling Apple SoCs that power phones, pads, macs, and other unreleased products. -You will lead boards and Apple SoC bring-ups collaborating with cross functional teams. -You will own and develop novel architectures for specialty embedded solutions.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Education & Experience
BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Additional Requirements

• Familiar with boot code, low-level OS code, device drivers, and IO devices
• Experience with computer initialization, SoC bring-up, debuggers, and networking
• Experience with FPGA, Verilog, HDL
• Unix system-level programming, embedded Linux
• Scripting (Python, Bash, Perl, TCL, Lua)

• Experience with Xilinx Zynq or Altera SoC platformWorking knowledge of schematics and lab equipment

Please refer the Job description for details