Graphics Emulation Engineer

Apple Inc.
Austin, United States of America
6 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Austin, United States of America

Tech stack

3D Computer Graphics Software
C++
Microarchitecture
Software Debugging
Perl
Emulators
Hardware Platform Interface
Python
Ruby
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Programming Languages

Job description

As a Graphics Emulation Engineer in Apple's GPU Design Verification and Validation organization, you'll ensure our complex GPU designs meet Apple's quality standards through comprehensive hardware platform testing. You'll validate designs that enable seamless execution of demanding graphics workloads. You'll be responsible for supporting functional verification, power and performance analysis, implementation, and silicon validation by building emulation models, running both synthetic and real-world test cases on those emulation models, debugging and resolving issues, reporting status, and driving emulation and acceleration solutions from concept to silicon.

Requirements

  • BS + 3 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience with CPU and/or GPU architecture and micro architecture
  • Experience with writing synthesizable code
  • Experience with one or more of the following programming languages: C/C++, Perl, Ruby, Python, * Excellent planning, collaboration, and communication abilities
  • Demonstrated ability to build emulation models, run tests on emulation machines, and debug issues in a schedule-oriented silicon design project with competing priorities
  • Ability to debug hardware issues from waveforms
  • Ability to interface emulation hardware with virtual systems, simulation environment, and silicon validation
  • Experience with DPI/transactors
  • Graphics knowledge; 3D graphics pipeline, OGL/OCL programming
  • Ability to collaborate under tight schedules
  • Excellent planning, collaboration, and communication abilities

About the company

Do your life's best work here - with the whole world watching. At Apple, new ideas and complex challenges have a remarkable ability to transform into phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences in a relatively short period. Join Apple's GPU team and contribute to the creation of graphics processing technology that powers millions of devices worldwide. As part of our growing team, you'll work on pre-silicon validation of cutting-edge GPU microarchitectures, spanning from mobile devices to high-performance computers. Your role will involve exploring the intricate architectural details that drive exceptional graphics performance. Together, we'll empower our customers to enjoy all the features they love on their devices!

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