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Software Engineer: Linux Driver and Kernel Developer

Apple Austin, TX

Austin, TX

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$142k - $263k/yr Full time Electrical Engineering Device Driver Development Device Drivers

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Job Description

In this role, you will join Apple’s Silicon Validation team to help exercise and validate subsystems inside complex SoCs. You will focus on Linux device driver development and user-land testing that supports hardware bring-up from pre-silicon through post-silicon platforms.

Working close with designers and architects, you will translate functional IP block use cases into software that can drive validation, while also debugging and root-causing issues spanning both hardware and software.

What you’ll do

Collaborate with designers and architects to understand functional IP blocks and their use cases
Implement BSP and perform software bring-up on pre- and post-silicon platforms
Develop Linux device drivers and user-land tests to exercise and validate subsystems in complex SoCs
Debug and root-cause hardware and software issues

Experience and education

3+ years of experience
Experience in embedded Linux kernel development
Experience in C programming
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Technologies you may work with

Linux
C
ARM architecture
Mesa
Vulkan/OpenGL
GPU compute
Vulkan CTS
igt-gpu-tools

Additional preferred qualifications

Experience with ARM architecture
Familiarity with the Linux graphics stack (Mesa, Vulkan/OpenGL, GPU compute)
Experience validating GPUs with graphics and compute workloads, stress tests, or conformance suites (e.g., Vulkan CTS, igt-gpu-tools)
Knowledge of Linux kernel internals including process scheduler, memory management, concurrency/synchronization, memory allocation, and file systems, plus networking or storage subsystem architecture
Device driver development and support across one or more of the following: USB, networking, graphics, video, storage, and power management
Debugging skills in kernel space
Experience exercising and validating systems from user space, including knowledge of user space APIs
Experience porting and/or maintaining a Linux distribution for a platform

Pay and benefits

Base pay range: USD 142,300 - 263,300 per year
Base pay is determined within the range based on skills, qualifications, experience, and location
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
Discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation (might be eligible)
Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs
Eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Location: Austin, TX (onsite)

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