Apple
CPU Silicon Validation Engineer
$129K–$195K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 14, 2026
- Education
- Minimum BS; preferred BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.
About the job
Validates Apple CPU designs by developing test content, bringing up silicon validation tools, and debugging functional failures.
What you'll do
- Develop CPU test content and plans, including workloads that stress CPU features.
- Maintain random test generators and integrate workloads into validation environments.
- Bring up and run validation tools on FPGAs and development boards; debug functional silicon failures.
What they ask for
- Minimum BS.
- Academic coursework in CPU architecture.
- Programming experience in C or C++ and scripting in Python or Perl.
Nice to have
- Understanding of CPU architecture, assembly programming, operating system fundamentals, and logic design and verification.
- Silicon bring-up and system debug experience.
Pay
$129,300 to $194,700 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Python, Perl, ARM ISA, FPGAs
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