Senior Firmware Engineer

Apple·Cupertino, California, United States·posted 3d ago · last seen 24m ago

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Summary

At Apple, we work every single day to craft products that enrich people’s lives. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Do you like changing the game? We have an opportunity for a results-oriented and extraordinarily hardworking FW Design Engineer. As a member of our multifaceted group, you will have the outstanding and great opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple’s customers every single day.

Description

In this job you will be responsible to develop firmware in C to implement critical FW features for IPs inside SOC.

Key Responsibilities

You will be required to understand IPs by reading their specifications. You will also be responsible to support post-silicon bringup, validation, performance characterization, system integration and debugging.

Minimum Qualifications

BS degree in technical discipline with minimum 10 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Proven excellence in FW development using C and assembly language with ARM CPUs. Solid understanding of MCUs and ISR. Solid understanding of computer architecture. Experience with version control tools (git, Perforce) is a plus. Experience with real-time operation system is a plus. Understanding of mixed signal concepts is a plus. Familiarity with RTL or Verilog is a plus. Strong communication and presentation skills.

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