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# Hardware Validation Engineering Manager

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Data Analysis, Apple Mac Systems, Computing Platforms, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Code Coverage, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), PCI Express, Shell Script, Systems Architecture, Tableau (Software), Test Execution Engine, JMP (Statistical Software), Hardware Testing, Information Technology, Splunk
- **Published:** August 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3339333734&tx=CT3028TYV&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* The candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
 * Minimum of 4 years of experience working on Test or Validation.
 * Previous experience in pre-silicon or post-silicon validation.
 * Strong background in computer architecture and IO protocols (i.e. PCIe, USB)
 * Programming experience in Python, C, Shell scripting.
 * Outstanding communication and team work skills.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Familiar with System Power management, and macOS.
 * Test automation experience and large scale testing.
 * Data analysis tools like Tableau, JMP and Splunk.

## Description

In this position, the candidate will be managing a team of engineers for the Hardware Validation Engineering (HVE) team, working on post-Silicon hardware system validation for next generation Mac and Data Center systems. Our Engineering Team is responsible for testing and debugging issues on new system hardware thru the full product development cycle. Your team will be key technical contributors to the silicon and product build phases and will utilize your in-depth software, silicon and system knowledge to target testing on new silicon and system architectures., The manager will be responsible to work with cross functional teams include Software, Silicon, and Hardware engineering and program managements organizations on test execution deliverables, and debugging failures with these teams as well as external vendors to arrive at root cause.Thru this work you will need to analyze large data sets to find trends and anomalies in silicon or system behavior, and collaborate with your engineering team on the disposition of software and test failures to highlight failures. This will require reviewing system and silicon test coverage and working with cross functional Platform Architecture and Software teams on enhancements and changes as well as representing validation status and issue debugs in cross functional and executive meetings.


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