Apple
Digital Hardware Engineer
$185K–$325K
Sunnyvale, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 15, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 10 years of relevant industry experience; preferred qualification also states at least 4 years for a BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- Education
- BS; preferred qualification specifies a BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
About the job
Designs and validates wireless chipset hardware by bringing up silicon, testing digital interfaces, debugging failures, and coordinating corrective actions across engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Run volume stress testing and system-level validation of wireless chipsets across hardware configurations.
- Debug and root-cause hardware and silicon failures using lab equipment and signal analysis.
- Collaborate with firmware, software, design teams, and vendors to triage issues and resolve design problems.
What they ask for
- BS and a minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience.
- 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.
- Working knowledge of hardware/software co-debug on multi-processor embedded systems and hands-on use of modern lab equipment.
Nice to have
- Prior experience in PCIe PHY validation.
- Experience with targeted silicon tests, wireless chipset stress testing or production validation, and basic software routines or scripts.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
PCIe, RFFE, SPMI, DDR, USB, SPI, I2C, Lua
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