Software Development Engineer - Firmware

Austin, Texas, United States Software and Services

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The SMC/PMU group is seeking engineers to work on the software and firmware for the SMC (System Management Controller) in a wide range of Apple products! In this role, you will be an individual contributor developing embedded software solutions for our current and future products. This is a highly cross-functional role where you will work closely with SW, HW, Systems, Platform Architecture, and our Silicon partners and lead the SoC bring-up and feature development from pre-silicon to commercialization.

This team is responsible for developing software and firmware for the System Management Controller, Power Systems and Private Cloud Compute Management Controller.

• Develop software & firmware for System Management Controller, Power Systems and Private Cloud Compute Management Controller.
• Work on new silicon bringup for wide range of Apple Products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop innovative solutions.
• Ability to deliver solid work on tight schedules.

• Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering.
• Proficient in Embedded firmware or kernel driver development in C or C++
• A fundamental knowledge of embedded processors, with in-depth knowledge of real time operating system concepts.
• Experience with at least one peripheral protocol; e.g. I2C/SMBus, UART, SPI, USB, Network stack etc
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• A focus on generating stable code through detailed testing
• Highly professional, with the ability to deliver solid work on tight schedules.

• Extensive experience designing, developing and testing embedded software using C/C++.
• Experience with advanced micro-controllers or kernel level SoC programming
• Experience in silicon and pre-silicon bring-up.
• Experience developing tools using Python.
• Ability to comprehend hardware specs and schematics.
• Experience with code management tools such as Git, CVS, SVN, or Perforce.
• Experience with debuggers such as gdb, lldb, etc.
• Hands on experience with test equipment including scopes, analyzers, and multi-meters.

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