SoC Pre-Silicon Platform Engineering Program Manager

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Apple is seeking a program manager to help identify and resolve system-level issues before silicon becomes available. During the SoC concept phase, this role assesses what can be validated using simulation, emulation, and FPGA platforms, then drives those opportunities from planning through execution. The position partners with SoC, software, and hardware systems teams to shift validation earlier and prepare for silicon bring-up.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience in SoC or embedded-system hardware/software design, integration, or validation.
• Working knowledge of system-level interactions among silicon, firmware, and software.
• Experience validating consumer electronics products or platforms at the system level.
• Familiarity with pre-silicon methods such as virtual platforms, emulation, FPGA prototyping, or simulation.
• Technical program management or cross-functional leadership experience in a validation or hardware development environment.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Creative and analytical problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to resolving issues.
• Ability to filter and tailor information for the appropriate audience.

Responsibilities

• Assess SoC concepts and system use cases to identify behaviors, scenarios, and workloads that can be validated on pre-silicon models, emulation, or FPGA platforms.
• Partner with pre-silicon modeling, emulation/FPGA, silicon design, verification, validation, core software, and platform architecture teams to accelerate software development and validation readiness before silicon.
• Work with technical managers and contributors to understand silicon development risks and prioritize work streams across multiple projects.
• Define and track pre-silicon readiness milestones, and report progress and risks to stakeholders.
• Collect partner requirements and rank and prioritize requests for model and collateral improvements based on impact and feasibility.
• Translate complex technical topics into clear updates for engineers, managers, and leadership.

What This Job Offers

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