Apple
Software Engineer: Linux Driver and Kernel Developer
$142K–$278K
Austin, Texas +3 · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Beaverton, Oregon
Cupertino, California
San Diego, California - Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Develop Linux drivers and user-space tests to exercise and validate subsystems in complex SoCs as part of the Silicon Validation team.
What you'll do
- Work with designers and architects to understand functional IP blocks and use cases.
- Implement BSP and perform software bring-up on pre- and post-silicon platforms.
- Develop drivers and tests, and debug and root-cause hardware and software issues.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience in embedded Linux kernel development.
- Experience in C programming.
Nice to have
- ARM architecture; Linux graphics stack familiarity (Mesa, Vulkan/OpenGL, GPU compute).
- GPU validation, Linux kernel internals, driver development, kernel debugging, user-space validation, or Linux distribution porting/maintenance experience.
Pay
USD $142,300–$263,300 base salary; USD $150,400–$277,600 base salary
Tools
Linux, C, ARM, Mesa, Vulkan/OpenGL, GPU compute, Vulkan CTS, igt-gpu-tools
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