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Software Engineer - SoC Level Validation Engineer

Apple

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San Diego, CA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Software Engineer - SoC Level Validation Engineer joins Apple’s Silicon Technologies group to validate Apple Silicon and help deliver high-quality processor and system-on-chip products. The team uses a bare-metal system-level software suite, primarily post-silicon and also pre-silicon, to find corner-case hardware bugs. The role develops tests and a system-level software platform, debugs issues, and works with designers and architects toward validation goals.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

SoC KnowledgeCPU KnowledgeMicroarchitectureMemory HierarchyInterrupts and DMAClock and Power GatingSystem-Level UnderstandingSoC Bring-UpC/C++Assembly LanguageHardware and Software DebuggingEmbedded ProgrammingHardware-Software Interfaces

Qualifications

BS in EE or CS+3 Years

Full job description

Role Number: 200690787-3543

Summary

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. We have a critical impact on getting high quality functional products to millions of customers quickly, and we are hiring all levels from junior to senior roles.

What happens when you run almost everything on an SoC all at once while powering down blocks, hammering new features, and running a complex suite of algorithms? You find bugs. That’s exactly what we do. We break Apple Silicon with our bare metal system level SW suite that runs mostly post-silicon, leverages pre-silicon and finds corner-case hardware bugs. Join our team to uphold the high quality of Apple Silicon.

Description

Develop SoC and CPU directed and random tests Debug issues pre-silicon or post-silicon Develop and maintain system-level SW platform Work with designers and architects to accomplish validation goals

Minimum Qualifications

  • BS in EE or CS + 3 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • SOC and CPU knowledge; consider the following: Micro-architecture, Memory hierarchy, Interrupt and DMA, Clock and Power Gating, System level understanding, & Experience with SoC bringup

  • C/C++ and Assembly language programmer

  • Knowledge of Hardware and Software debug tools and methods

  • Experience with embedded programming with an understanding of hardware-software interfaces

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 42,008 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
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  • California median$165–246K/yr7,793 salary ranges
  • California median$46–65/hr159 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,712 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 42,008 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (34,212 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 13,955 of the 42,008 open Software Engineer jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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