Apple
Custom Silicon Validation Engineer - Camera Hardware
$185K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Aug 26, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering; preferred MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering and/or relevant industry experience.
About the job
Validates and debugs camera hardware chipsets, translating camera system requirements into electrical and IC requirements through lab testing, software development, and circuit prototyping.
What you'll do
- Identify design issues between camera system requirements and vendor implementations; plan and execute electrical validation, debugging, and data analysis.
- Develop scripts, firmware, and models for lab data acquisition, control systems, silicon validation, and prototyping.
- Design and debug circuits and PCBs for validating, characterizing, and prototyping camera hardware chipsets.
What they ask for
- BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience validating mixed-signal systems through hands-on lab measurements with electrical instrumentation.
- Experience troubleshooting or debugging electrical problems using design of experiments or a similar process; scripting experience in Python, C, and/or MATLAB for validation, automation, and analysis.
Nice to have
- MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering and/or relevant industry experience.
- Experience in embedded development, PCB design/debug, circuit design, or electrical validation of electro-optical, electro-mechanical, camera, or optical depth systems.
Pay
$184,700 and $277,600 (base salary)
Tools
Python, C, MATLAB, C/C++, MCU
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