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Debug Tools SoC Design Engineer
Austin, Texas, United StatesHardware
Austin, Texas, United StatesBeaverton, Oregon, United StatesCupertino, California, United StatesWork Locations (3)
Apple's SOC Silicon Validation Services team is looking for a skilled and curious engineer to help shape the tools that power silicon debug across Apple. We're a close-knit, cross-disciplinary team with deep expertise spanning hardware, software, infrastructure, and operations — and we're looking for someone who thrives at that intersection.
You'll join a small, tightly integrated team where your contributions have real reach: the tools we build are used by hundreds of engineers across Apple's cross-functional silicon debug community. You'll collaborate on a well-established, evolving ecosystem and be challenged to bring a new perspective and opportunities to the table.
-Design, build, and enhance silicon debug tools spanning automated feature extraction, data collation, visualization, and analysis -Drive rapid, targeted debug and triage workflows for engineers across the silicon pipeline -Contribute to both frontend, backend, and design specific development within a professional engineering environment -Explore and implement shift-left strategies to surface issues earlier in the silicon development cycle -Actively leverage AI — both for productivity and in tool capabilities — to accelerate debug and triage intelligence -Identify new development opportunities and bring your own ideas into the roadmap
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Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience.
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Experience with SoC architecture and micro-architecture
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Proven ability to drive silicon tool development from concept to delivery
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Strong full-stack development instincts: comfortable across frontend, backend, and data layers
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Hands-on experience with C, Python, and SystemVerilog
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Experience applying AI/ML in real engineering workflows
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Strong problem-solving skills and comfort operating across hardware and software boundaries
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Collaborative by nature
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Experience with DFX (Design for Test/Debug/Manufacturability)
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Experience with databases and data pipeline design, including ETL/ELT concepts
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant
At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.
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