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Software Audio Drivers Engineer

AT Apple
Apple

Software Audio Drivers Engineer

San Diego, CA

Summary

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Role Number:200565023

Imagine what you could do at Apple! Every day, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Do you bring passion and dedication to your job? If so, we are looking for individuals like you. Audio & Media Technologies (AMT) provides the audio foundation across all of Apple's innovative products, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, HomePod and Macs. AMT's Audio team provides the audio foundation for various high-profile features like Game Audio, Siri, FaceTime, media capture, playback and APIs for third-party developers to enrich our platforms. The team is looking for talented engineers who are passionate about building audio features and products for millions of customers and care about overall user experience. You will revolutionize the audio experience for the game and future audio

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Description

Apple's AMT Audio group is seeking an experienced software engineer with strong low-level coding and prototyping skills who can bridge the gap between hardware and software. This position will work with the Audio Design, Silicon Engineering, and Silicon Validation Teams, prototyping bring-up sequences, designing and developing drivers for audio hardware peripherals, and expanding internal tools to facilitate bring-up for new SoC and hardware designs. Responsibilities will span pre-silicon development and all aspects of project-based audio driver design and software development. Your dedication to cross-disciplinary collaboration will help develop groundbreaking technologies, such as iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
  • Good understanding of uboot and Jtag a plus Knowledge power management, ARM, X86 architectures a plus.
  • Profile power and performance of software/hardware. Develop tools to improve bring-up workflow.
  • Participate in audio hardware design reviews.
  • Participate in medium and large-scale software engineering processes.

Preferred Qualifications

  • BE/ME, BS/MS in Computer Science, or Equivalent.
  • An interest in audio and improving audio on Mac and iOS platforms a plus Translation of HW specifications into bring-up/run/tear-down sequences in software.
  • Ability to review hardware engineering schematics nice to have.
  • Experience in silicon and pre-silicon bring-up.
  • Excellent programming (C/C++/Assembly) and scripting skills (Python).
  • Excellent profiling skills with proficiency in debugging large, complex system software.
  • Background in low-level software development and system integration.

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  • 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.

Client-provided location(s): San Diego, CA, USA
Job ID: apple-200565023-1
Employment Type: Other

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