Location
Cupertino, CA | United States
Job description
Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Are you a big-picture visionary who understands how each element affects all the others? At Apple, our Architecture group is responsible for connecting our hardware and software into one unified system. Join this team, and you’ll collaborate with engineers across Apple to design how all of our technologies work in unison.
In this role, you will be part of the Media IP Architecture team to define, architect, design, implement and deploy models for HW media IP including video encoder, decoder, video and display processors.
Key Qualifications
- BS and 3+ years of relevant experience
- Experience developing models for HW validation
- Domain expertise in hardware video IP including video codecs, video and image processing units
- Experience developing C/C++ bit accurate models for hardware verification
- Experience working in a chip development environment with RTL designers and verification engineers
- Experience integrating IP models into chip simulation platforms
- Experience debugging complex models
- Experience working with C-modeling tools, including C/C++, SystemC and scripting languages such as Python
- Knowledge of video coding standards including H.264, HEVC
- Preferred knowledge of video processing algorithms
- Preferred knowledge of high-level synthesis tools
Description
As a Codec Modeling Engineer, you will be responsible for developing, integrating and maintaining software models for various video encoder, decoder and display/video processing IPs. Responsibilities will include:
- Define, document and implement C/C++ bit-accurate and transaction level models with chip and media IP architecture teams
- Collaborate with design and verification teams to define C-model interfaces for validation and debug
- Work with the SOC performance team to model memory latency and IP performance
- Work with the SOC modeling team to integrate the IPs in full SOC models
- Develop and maintain architecture test cases and automated workflows to verify the correct functionality of the models
Education & Experience
BS and 3+ years of relevant experience
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
- At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $138,900.00 and $256,500.00, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. 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.
As a Codec Modeling Engineer, you will be responsible for developing, integrating and maintaining software models for various video encoder, decoder and display/video processing IPs. Responsibilities will include:
- Define, document and implement C/C++ bit-accurate and transaction level models with chip and media IP architecture teams
- Collaborate with design and verification teams to define C-model interfaces for validation and debug
- Work with the SOC performance team to model memory latency and IP performance
- Work with the SOC modeling team to integrate the IPs in full SOC models
- Develop and maintain architecture test cases and automated workflows to verify the correct functionality of the models BS and 3+ years of relevant experience
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