Apple
Custom Silicon Validation Engineer - Camera Hardware
$129K–$225K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 3+ years of relevant industry experience; relevant industry experience may also be considered with an MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
- Education
- BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering; preferred MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
About the job
Validates and debugs custom camera hardware chipsets, translating camera system requirements into electrical validation, analysis, and prototyping work.
What you'll do
- Identify design issues between camera system requirements and vendor implementations; plan and perform electrical validation and debugging, then analyze results.
- Develop scripts, firmware, and models for laboratory 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 and a minimum of 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience validating mixed-signal systems through hands-on lab measurements using electrical instrumentation.
- Experience with design of experiments or a similar process to troubleshoot or debug electrical problems.
- Experience scripting in Python, C, and/or MATLAB for electrical-system validation, automation, and analysis.
Nice to have
- MS/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering and/or relevant industry experience.
- Experience with embedded development, PCB design and debug, circuit design, or electrical integration and validation of electro-optical, electromechanical, camera, or optical depth systems.
Pay
$129,300 to $225,300 USD base salary
Tools
Python, C, MATLAB, C/C++, MCU
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