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Senior Sensor & Embedded Systems Validation Engineer - HW Validation Group

Apple· Hardware Validation
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About the role

Senior validation engineer responsible for bringing up advanced sensor subsystems on embedded platforms, spanning hardware, firmware, optics, and physics to ensure end-to-end quality of sensing subsystems from specification to real-world behavior.

Responsibilities

  • Author detailed test plans that cover all E2E functionality and edge cases of a system
  • Execute system-level validation strategies, test plans, and cases from specification definition through test execution and reporting
  • Support firmware integration, ensuring robust sensor and illuminator operation within the full system stack
  • Design, build, and maintain automated test infrastructure for validation and regression testing
  • Drive root-cause analysis of issues spanning hardware, firmware, optics, and sensor subsystems

Qualifications

  • BSc in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • 7+ years of experience in embedded systems validation, CMOS sensor characterization, or a closely related discipline
  • Strong Python proficiency — test automation frameworks, instrument control, data analysis, and infrastructure development
  • Hands-on experience with HW/SW test automation and structured development
  • Working knowledge of image sensor characterization methodologies
  • Proven ability to bridge physics-level understanding and engineering implementation
  • Rigorous approach to testing, quality, and validation methodology
  • MSc in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field
  • Knowledgeable in the hardware/firmware development life cycle
  • Familiarity with VCSEL or edge-emitting laser drivers
  • Experience building test automation infrastructure from the ground up
  • Familiarity with CI/CD workflows for hardware validation environments (Jenkins, Git, containerized runners)
  • Experience developing in iOS and/or Linux environments

Skills

Required:PythonEmbedded systems validationImage sensor characterization
Nice to have:Hardware/firmware development lifecycleCI/CD for hardware validation

Benefits

  • Accessibility-focused culture and benefits as part of Apple’s workplace
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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