Apple
SoC Firmware Engineer
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Apr 10, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience, in addition to a BS.
- Education
- BS
About the job
Develop embedded firmware and drivers for Apple SoCs and products, collaborating on chip specifications, system integration, debugging, and testing.
What you'll do
- Develop firmware and low-level drivers for current and future chips and embedded products.
- Partner with silicon and cross-functional teams on specifications, system APIs, hardware/software integration, and system debugging.
- Code, test, investigate root causes, and communicate results and recommendations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science degree and relevant industry experience.
- Firmware, device driver, or equivalent development experience.
Nice to have
- C and assembly development with ARM CPUs; FPGA development and testing; low-level drivers and hardware bring-up.
- C++, scripting languages, configuration management tools, MCUs, Verilog/System Verilog, and pre-silicon simulation or emulation experience.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
C, assembly language, ARM CPUs, FPGA, C++, git, Subversion, Perforce
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