FTL Platform Firmware Engineer

Austin, Texas, United States Software and Services

The NAND Storage Software team works with hardware, silicon, and software partners to develop firmware for SSDs and embedded flash solutions across a wide range of Apple's products. We leverage telemetry and data analytics along with vertical integration across Apple's storage stack and Apple Silicon to optimize our FTL algorithms for Apple's customers across performance, reliability, durability, and time-to-market.

Description

We are looking for an embedded software engineer to develop storage firmware and bringup on new silicon for our current and future products. In this highly cross functional role, your work is the storage interface from the silicon to the operating system across all NAND backed Apple products.

Responsibilities

• Support a wide variety of products through all development stages, from pre-silicon prototyping and board bringup through mass production
• Develop NAND flash management software and firmware driver
• Debug storage-related issues across hardware, drivers, and applications
• Deliver in short product cycles with high expectations of reliability
• Work with silicon and systems engineers to develop storage solutions for future products

Minimum Qualifications

• Solid C programmer with knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Experience writing embedded device drivers
• Knowledge of hardware platforms and processor architectures
• Familiarity with pre-silicon environments, bringup workflows, and cross-functional program execution
• BS in Computer Engineering/Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience/skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

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