Apple
Digital Hardware Engineer
$129K–$225K
Sunnyvale, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 14, 2026
- Experience
- At least 2 years of relevant industry experience is listed as preferred.
- Education
- Minimum requirement of a bachelors degree.
About the job
Validates and debugs wireless chipsets and digital interfaces in Apple products, from silicon bring-up through system-level testing and issue resolution.
What you'll do
- Run volume stress testing and system-level validation of wireless chipsets using production firmware across hardware configurations.
- Debug and root-cause hardware and silicon failures, using lab instruments to analyze signals and isolate issues.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to reproduce issues, develop verification plans, and drive corrective actions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Solid understanding of SoC/PMU design and micro-architecture, with hands-on silicon bring-up or post-silicon validation experience.
- Experience with high-speed memory systems and digital communication interfaces.
- Familiarity with complex schematics and PCB layouts, hardware/software co-debug on multi-processor embedded systems, and hands-on hardware debugging with modern lab equipment.
Nice to have
- BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with at least 2 years of relevant industry experience; PCIe PHY validation experience is highly advantageous.
- Experience developing targeted tests, writing basic software routines and test scripts, or conducting volume stress testing and production-level validation of wireless or cellular modem chipsets.
Pay
USD $129,300 to $225,300 base salary
Tools
SoC/PMU, PCIe, RFFE, SPMI, DDR, USB, SPI, I2C
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