SoC Validation Engineer
| Company | Apple |
|---|---|
| Location | Austin, TX, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree
- A minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience in silicon validation software engineering or related field
Responsibilities
- Validate Apple SoCs with system workloads
- Work closely with functional test writers to understand high level architectures of each IP blocks within Apple SoCs and define applicable validation plans
- Execute system tests through scripts/automation framework on large volume of prototype SoCs across Process, Voltage and Temperature (PVT) corners
- Identify potential issues and characterize the functional voltage (lvcc) of SoCs under workloads
- Triage issues and isolate/bucketize failures
- Work with domain experts to define DoEs, develop root cause theories, and test possible workarounds
- Analyze data across voltage domains and provide feedback to product engineers to define product operation voltages
- Collaborate with downstream testing teams to resolve issues
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with SoC bring up
- Experience with System debug
- Knowledge of computer architectures (cache, memory hierarchy, data pipelines) and logic design
- Experience with script language such as Python, Perl, or Tcl