Apple
Lab Systems Engineer, Silicon Bring-Up & Automation Platforms
$129K–$225K
San Francisco Bay Area, California · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Experience
- Preferred qualifications request 3+ years of experience for a BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree required; preferred: BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Bring up and validate Apple Silicon while developing and operating automation, data, and AI/ML platforms for distributed hardware labs.
What you'll do
- Bring up and validate SoCs and boards, run test plans, debug failures, and drive hardware and infrastructure issues to closure.
- Build tools, shared libraries, APIs, dashboards, and data pipelines for lab instrumentation, validation, and automation.
- Operate Kubernetes infrastructure and develop AI/ML tools for data analysis, predictive modeling, monitoring, and alerting.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Strong Python fundamentals and ability to build production-quality internal tools, APIs, and services.
- Proven ability to collaborate across teams with clear communication and ownership.
Nice to have
- Experience with silicon bring-up or hardware validation, including register-level debug.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes infrastructure for lab or validation services.
Pay
$129,300 and $225,300 (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL/NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
AI focus
Build AI/ML tools to accelerate lab data analysis, use predictive modeling to optimize equipment power utilization, and apply AI-assisted development, including plugins, custom skills, and agentic workflows.
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