Silicon Validation Software Engineer - High Speed IO Validation

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.

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.

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

Experience with Embedded system is required\nFamiliar with SoC and System architecture.\nKnowledge and experience working with board schematics.\nExperience with using test equipment and analyzers (USB, PCIe, DP, I2C) is required.\nHigh knowledge and experience with High Speed interfaces such USB-PD, USB2.0, USB3.0, Thunderbolt 3, USB4.0, PCIE or DP is required.\nProven experience in silicon bring-up, debugging, validation, and characterization.\nIn-depth understanding of PHY design, architecture, adaptations, and equalization techniques.\nStrong hands-on software programming skills with a focus on embedded systems; proficiency in C programming is essential.\nSkilled in scripting, with a preference for Python, to automate testing and data analysis.