Software Engineer- Linux Driver and Kernel Developer

Apple

3.7

(120)

Austin, TX

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    Position summary

    to senior roles. As part of the silicon validation team, you will develop Linux device drivers and user-land tests for exercising and testing the various subsystems in sophisticated SoCs.

    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 bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience in silicon validation software engineering or related field.

    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.

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    Why you should apply for a job to Apple:

  • 66% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 66% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Company commitment that women earn the same as men performing similar work includes no salary history disclosure policy.
  • Apple University creates classes, seminars, and tools to help employees understand Apple’s culture, organization, and values.
  • Whether you donate time or money, Apple will match charitable contributions up to $10,000 a year.