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Mac Hardware Systems Engineer (SoC)

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Hybrid (Shanghai or Chengdu)Full-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Electrical Engineer specializing in SoC technology focused on test, validation, failure analysis, and manufacturing support for Mac SoCs. role involves leading validation in factory, defect analysis, and collaboration across global teams to optimize power, performance, and thermal control at the system level.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the SoC validation process in the factory by collaborating with cross-functional system and silicon teams to define test coverage and bring up hardware/software testing environments.
  • Drive SoC defect failure analysis and upstream coverage improvements, with hands-on involvement in SoC bring-up, issue debugging, and data reporting.
  • Build out the test coverage for new SoCs by applying what you know about chip behavior and system design.
  • Act as the SoC expert within the EE team to drive power, performance, and thermal control optimization at the system level.
  • Partner across global hardware, software, and silicon organizations to align on validation plans and ensure timely product delivery.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in EE, CE, or an equivalent engineering field.
  • 5+ years of professional background focused on system-level SoC validation, bring-up, and defect resolution.
  • Practical expertise using lab bench tools including Digital Multimeters (DMMs), oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power meters, and chillers for silicon characterization and hardware fault isolation.
  • Deep knowledge of silicon architectures (e.g., ARM) with a firm grasp of hardware-software boundaries, boot sequences, and system-level debug practices.
  • Expertise in post-silicon bring-up and validation processes including power, performance, thermal, etc. Familiarity with silicon System Level Test (SLT) screening, power binning, frequency-power-thermal-yield bounding box definition and challenges.
  • Deep knowledge of mobile/desktop SoC and DRAM architecture (e.g., ARM or x86 systems), with a proven track record in system-level power, performance, and thermal characterization.
  • Experience in developing SoC/DRAM performance and stability stress-test suites and scripting, as well as validation data post-processing and visualization.
  • Highly proactive, with the ability to drive tasks independently and adapt quickly to fast-moving project schedules.
  • Strong leadership and team collaboration spirit to drive test coverage enhancements and lead silicon/system-level failure analysis.
  • Clear and effective communicator, fully capable of teaming up with hardware and software groups across different time zones.
  • Experience leveraging AI tools and frameworks (e.g., LLMs, machine learning algorithms) to automate tasks, analyze engineering data, or enhance daily workflows

Skills

Required:SoC validation and bring-upLab bench toolsSilicon architectures (ARM)Post-silicon bring-up and SLTSoC/DRAM performance and stress testingLeadership and collaboration
Nice to have:AI tools for engineering workflows
Last updated Aug 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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