Hardware System Validation Engineer

Apple • San Jose, CA

5h

About The Position

Join Apple’s Hardware Engineering system validation team, which validates system-level performance of Apple SoCs and other key modules, including cameras, displays, and sensors, in system environments that mirror real product use.

Working at the intersection of electrical engineering and computer science, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to validate electrical circuits, components, and complete hardware systems for future Apple products. The role includes prototype bring-up, debugging, functional verification, electrical characterization, and design validation using advanced laboratory equipment. You will review factory test plans, analyze factory-scale data to assess hardware quality and robustness, and help resolve manufacturing issues before high-volume production. You will also optimize hardware subsystem test and calibration flows, apply AI/ML techniques to test and factory data, and communicate status on concurrent priorities, issues, and deadlines. International travel is approximately five weeks per year (10%).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• At least 3 years of relevant industry experience focused on electrical engineering or computer science.
• EE fundamentals in at least one of these areas: DC/DC conversion, power and signal integrity, or analog/digital design.
• Scripting proficiency and comfort building and maintaining automation and/or scripts.
• Hands-on experience using lab equipment, such as oscilloscopes and multimeters, for bring-up, debugging, and validation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SoC bring-up and familiarity with computer architectures, including cache, memory hierarchy, and data pipelines, and logic design.
• Experience with embedded system debugging.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or Lua and proficiency in Shell scripting.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as USB, PCIe, and DDR.
• General software development experience, including Python, C++, log review, and code review.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead prototype bring-up, debugging, functional verification, and electrical characterization.
• Perform electrical design validation using advanced lab equipment to assess signal quality and design robustness.
• Review and execute factory test plans for comprehensive hardware validation.
• Mine factory-scale data to ensure hardware quality, optimize design parameters, and assess robustness.
• Debug manufacturing issues and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions into design and process before high-volume production.
• Optimize test and calibration flows for hardware subsystems.
• Apply AI/ML techniques to test data mining, anomaly detection, and factory data analytics.
• Communicate and present status on concurrent priorities, open issues, and deadlines.
• Travel internationally approximately five weeks per year (10%).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level