Firmware Validation Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area Until 9/22/2026 First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Would you like to join Apple’s growing wireless silicon development team? Our wireless SOC organization is responsible for all aspects of wireless silicon development with a particular emphasis on highly energy efficient design and new technologies that transform the user experience at the product level, all of which is driven by a world-class vertically integrated engineering team spanning RF/Analog architecture and design, Systems/PHY/MAC architecture and design, VLSI/RTL design and integration, Emulation, Design Verification, Test and Validation, and FW/SW engineering.

Description

In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a silicon design group with a critical impact on getting functional wireless products to hundreds of millions of customers quickly.

Responsible for developing and executing firmware test cases for System on a Chip (SoC) in wireless application, you will work closely with the Software Engineering team ensuring the quality of their firmware for manufacturability and improved user experience.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree.

Preferred Qualifications

Highly motivated and passionate about SW/firmware testing.
Proficiency in programming with python and C.
Knowledgable with hardware/firmware development life cycle.
Experienced with test bringup on FPGA and SoC silicon hardware.
Exposure to CI process and familiar with automation test framework development and tools such as Jenkins.
Experienced with various wireless technologies such as WiFi/Bluetooth/UWB and integration issues.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Able to work with test equipment (i.e., oscilloscope, logic analyzer).

About this role

Summary

Develop and execute firmware test cases for wireless silicon, collaborate with software team, perform hardware testing.

Job title

Firmware Validation Engineer

Experience level

entry level

Industry

software

Location requirements

San Francisco Bay Area, no remote work

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

pythonCtest frameworkhardware/firmware developmenttest equipment

Preferred skills

FPGAWiFiBluetoothUWBJenkins

Specializations

firmware testingwireless technologiestest automationFPGASoC
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

On-site