Drimva

Apple

Software Development Engineer in Test - Platform System Validation

$175K–$263K

San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026

Experience
5+ years in software test automation, test infrastructure, or software development engineering in test (SDET).
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

About the job

Build and scale system-validation test infrastructure, workloads, and automation for Apple silicon, firmware, and hardware programs from design through release.

What you'll do

  • Develop test strategies, automated system-level tests, workloads, and test cycles for silicon and hardware validation.
  • Lead architecture and development of test infrastructure and tooling integrated with CI/test frameworks for continuous validation.
  • Contribute to AI-driven tooling for issue triage and workload generation, and coordinate with cross-functional teams.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in software test automation, test infrastructure, or software development engineering in test (SDET).
  • Demonstrated experience designing and building test automation frameworks or tooling from the ground up.
  • Experience with hardware bring-up or system-level validation for silicon/chip platforms; proficiency in Python (or a comparable scripting/programming language) and experience integrating tooling with CI/CD or test-execution pipelines.

Nice to have

  • Skilled in testing embedded systems and firmware; familiarity with computer architecture and operating system concepts.
  • Knowledge of C/C++ and Python programming.

Pay

$175,000 and $263,300 USD base salary

Tools

Python, C/C++, CI/CD

AI focus

Contribute to AI-driven tooling for issue triage and workload generation for new product programs.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)