Apple
Software Engineer - SoC Level Validation Engineer
$135K–$278K
Austin, Texas +4 · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Beaverton, Oregon
Cupertino, California
San Diego, California
Waltham, Massachusetts - Experience
- 3 years of experience.
- Education
- BS in EE or CS.
About the job
Develop and run system-level software tests to validate Apple SoCs and CPUs, uncover hardware bugs, and support pre- and post-silicon debugging.
What you'll do
- Develop directed and random SoC and CPU tests.
- Debug issues before and after silicon production; develop and maintain the system-level software platform.
- Work with designers and architects to meet validation goals.
What they ask for
- BS in EE or CS.
- 3 years of experience.
Nice to have
- SoC and CPU knowledge, including micro-architecture, memory hierarchy, interrupts and DMA, clock and power gating, system-level understanding, or SoC bringup experience.
- C/C++ and Assembly programming; hardware/software debug tools and methods; embedded programming and hardware-software interfaces.
Pay
$142,300 and $263,300 USD base salary; $150,400 and $277,600 USD base salary; $134,700 and $249,500 USD base salary
Tools
C/C++, Assembly
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