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SoC Validation Engineer
| Company | Apple |
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| Location | Cupertino, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $121900 – $183600 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad |
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Requirements
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree
- A minimum of 0 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
- Characterize the functional voltage (lvcc) of SoCs under workloads
- Triage issues and isolate/bucketize failures
- Work with domain experts to define DoEs, come up with root cause theories, and test possible workarounds
- Analyze data across voltage domains and provide feedback to PE (product engineers) to define product operation voltages
- Collaborate with downstream testing teams to facilitate resolving 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
