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Apple · 1 month ago

Operating System Silicon Validation Engineer

positionCupertino, California, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$181K/yr - $318K/yr
date10+ years exp

Apple is a company known for its extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences. As a member of the Apple SOC Silicon Validation Team, you will utilize your knowledge of SOC/IP design and test automation to identify silicon bugs across various validation workloads.

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Responsibilities

Leverage automation to run varied hardware stress tests on prototype devices while contributing to test automation development that supports the test creation, execution, and result reporting for silicon validation
Follow up on software and hardware failures using the bug tracking system, supporting requests for information or custom experiments to find root-cause
Create new hardware stress tests by combining, modifying or creating new workloads, using your software and chip architecture knowledge

Qualification

SoC validation experienceTest automation infrastructureOS test experienceScripting languagesDebug methodologyTest plan developmentTroubleshooting skillsChip architecture knowledge

Required

A minimum of a BS degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience

Preferred

Strong Computer systems, SoC and CPU architecture knowledge
Experience in test content creation and test automation infrastructure development for consumer electronic hardware (watch, phone, pads, computers, ARVR)
OS test experience, iOS/macOS/Android/Windows
Expertise in at least one scripting language such as Python, Perl, or TCL
Desire to develop and execute test plans, analyze test logs/results, and report status
SoC validation experience
Operating system, boot loader, kernel and device driver structure
Debug methodology and troubleshooting development hardware skills

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation

Company

Apple

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Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
dateFounded in 1976
location
Cupertino, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.apple.com

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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$5.67B
Key Investors
Berkshire HathawayMicrosoftSequoia Capital
2026-01-10Pre Seed· $1M
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
2025-01-16Post Ipo Debt· $0.31M

Leadership Team

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Tim Cook
CEO
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Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering

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