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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