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Description

- You will work closely with designers and architects to understand functional IP blocks and their use-cases- You will focus on implementing BSP and doing software bringup on pre and post-silicon platforms- You will be responsible for developing Linux device drivers and user-land tests for exercising and testing the various subsystems in sophisticated SoCs.- You will debug and root-cause a variety of hardware and software issues.

Minimum Qualifications

  • A minimum of a BS degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience in silicon validation software engineering or related field.

Key Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experienced in embedded Linux kernel development
  • Relevant experience with ARM architecture
  • Deep knowledge of Linux kernel internals (process scheduler, memory management, concurrency/synchronization, memory allocation, file systems) and profiling
  • Extensive device driver development and support (one or more of USB, graphics, video, storage, and power management)
  • Strong debugging skills in kernel context
  • Experience with exercising/validation of system from user space, and knowledge of user space API
  • Experience porting/maintaining Linux distribution for a platform
  • You are a skilled C programmer.

Education & Experience

Additional Requirements

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.