Silicon Validation Software Engineer - IO and Thermal Control Validation

Cupertino Until 9/22/2026 0+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Do you love creating elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you’ll be responsible for crafting and building the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. We have a critical impact on getting high quality functional products to millions of customers quickly, and we are hiring all levels from junior to senior roles.

Description

You will be part of a team that will develop software to validate and debug communication and thermal blocks in Apple SoCs. You will develop software to validate various communication and thermal IP blocks in Apple SoCs working with other teams to bring up and debug SoC's issues and coordinate to run tests.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BS Degree.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in low level software development in a linux/unix environment
- Proficiency in C/C++ programming
- General knowledge of computer architecture and operating system
- Knowledge and skill in Python programming
- Experience with communication blocks (RS232, SPI, I2C, SDIO, USB, PCI)
- Experience with power management, voltage and/or thermal monitoring, dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, performance throttling
- Familiar with digital design, design verification, and silicon and analog characterization
- Experience with assembly languages, and scripting languages
- Experience with using test equipment, analyzers and debugger

About this role

Summary

Develop and validate software for communication and thermal blocks in Apple SoCs

Job title

Silicon Validation Software Engineer - IO and Thermal Control Validation

Experience level

entry level

Minimum experience

0+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Cupertino, on-site; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C/C++pythonlinux/unixcommunication blocks (RS232, SPI, I2C, SDIO, USB, PCI)power management

Preferred skills

assembly languagesdigital designsilicon characterizationtest equipmentdebugger

Specializations

software validationthermal controlcommunication protocolssystem-on-chip
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cupertino, CA, USA

On-site City