Hardware System Engineer – iPhone System Technologies — SoC - Shenzhen, China
Originally posted 5 September 2026 by the employer — open 15 days.
This role focuses on optimizing SoC architecture for the iPhone product line.
About the role
This role involves leading system-level validation and debugging for SoC designs within iPhone systems, with a global impact from architecture definition to mass production.
What you'll do
- Lead complex iPhone SoC and system validation strategies.
- Lead advanced debugging efforts for iPhone SoC systems.
- Optimize SoC architecture and system integration solutions for iPhone.
- Influence SoC system design and quality for optimal solutions.
- Characterize and validate key features related to SoC design in iPhone systems.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of industry experience in system-level SoC bring-up, validation, and debugging.
- Strong understanding of SoC architecture, including hardware/software interaction, boot flows, and low-level debug techniques.
- Hands-on experience with hardware lab tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power meters, and thermal chambers for SoC characterization and debug.
Nice to have
- Proven experience with kernel- and device driver–level debugging, including use of relevant debug and validation tools.
- Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python, TCL, or similar.
- Strong familiarity with mobile hardware platform design, including power delivery systems (PDN, PMIC) and high-speed, low-speed, and debug interfaces such as USB, MIPI, UART, and JTAG.
Skills: system-level SoC bring-up, SoC architecture, hardware/software interaction, oscilloscopes, mobile hardware platform design
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 53-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
95
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$213k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Apple | All employers we track in this specialty (95 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 95 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 31 | 5787 · 143 employers |
| Median days open | 6 d | 53 d (−47 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: system-level SoC bring-up, SoC architecture, hardware/software interaction, oscilloscopes, mobile hardware platform design
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 28 open roles · median 46 d
- Qualcomm · 21 open roles · median 53 d
- NVIDIA · 15 open roles · median 44 d
- Renesas Electronics · 4 open roles · median 43 d
- Intel Corporation · 3 open roles · median 17 d
- Apple (this employer) · 2 open roles · median 69 d
How we counted: 95 open Hardware Systems Engineering (SOC Architecture) roles from 26 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 20 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.