Apple: Hardware Validation Engineer

SummaryPosted: Aug 2, 2021Role Number:200271886passion and dedication to your job and there’s no telling what we could accomplish.Multifaceted, intellectual and inspiring, people innovative technologies are the norm here!

The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple products & services.

The same realpassion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it.

Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product!Key QualificationsVery Good understanding of compute & storage server architecturesExtraordinary Linux systems knowledgeGood knowledge of Hardware Storage architecture and technologies, with respect to:SSD Controller (Perf, Power, Thermal, NVME protocol, PCIe architecture, etc.)HBA & Expander features, firmware, and architecture (JBOD etc.)Spinning drives (SATA HDD) and mass storage subsystemSpecialist in HW Storage ValidationReading datasheets & specificationsSetting up lab systems & componentsStorage benchmarking tools and performance profilingValidation for power, performance, reliability and costSolving problems & debugging failuresCompiling & Presenting detailed validation results & feedback internally & externallyTried and true history of working reliably in a team:Seeing projects through to completionMeeting deadlinesInteracting with internal customersThorough documentation of contributions, specifications, etc.BONUS POINTSExperience with storage filesystem, workloads and optimizing for performance, power, and reliabilityExperience in using O-scopes and/or PCIE Analyzers to debug or test PCIE/nvme connectivity or protocol problems.KEY SKILLS:Detailed understanding of state-of-the-art tools used to validate, profile, and debug storage subsystem performance, such as: FIO, Shell, Python, Smartctl, Testdrive, Test Automation frameworks, SSD & HDD Diagnostics tools, etc.Hands-on experience with:Linux operating system; performance counters, utilization, and error reporting/detectionPerformance benchmarking tools such as FIOPython, Shell or other scripting languagesGreat understanding of different distributed storage workloads (Obj Storage, Cassandra DB, Foundation DB, etc.) and how to synthetically validate for optimum performance, power & reliability resultsDescriptionIn this role as a Hardware Validation Engineer, this will be a key member of our Hardware Storage Engineering team under the Infrastructure Services org, which builds the bedrock for many Apple Cloud services & products.

We have a unique and exciting opportunity to help define Apple’s cloud storage solutions for our current line of extraordinary services as well as have direct technical impact on what our future cloud infrastructure capabilities will be.

This is an extraordinary opportunity to showcase skills in storage hardware test & validation for the storage components and platforms, as well as benchmarking and tuning for performance, power and reliability results.

In this role, use career success and technical depth to handle external suppliers and finding and driving bugs to closure across large multi-functional teams including Server Design team, software teams, SRE, DC ops, as well as Supply Chain.

At Apple, we hire champions for innovative, quality and best-in-class products.Passionate about the idea of using new hardware technologies to help continue building innovative cloud servicesExperience (and love) for storage hardware validation using synthetic tests & benchmarks, as well as debugging hardware problems to ensure the system works in all casesExperience working with storage technology vendors as well as server ODMsPassionate about working with mockup test units; set it up, rack it, configure it, provision it, etc.Passionate about automation and building consistent test/validation suites and environments that can scale over timeFlexibility with working on new products as well as existing/sustaining products, and support production hardware activitiesEducation & ExperienceBS in CS, EE,CE or any related field.

MS is helpful3+ years Hardware Validation, 5+ years in Flash Storage technologies including SSDs