Apple
Software Engineering Manager - Telephony, Wireless Technologies & Ecosystems
$196K–$338K
San Diego, California · Manager · Full-time · Posted May 26, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in systems, embedded, or platform development; 3+ years in engineering management or technical leadership.
About the job
Leads a team developing and delivering telephony technologies, including calling, messaging, audio quality, analytics, and automation, across Apple products.
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, and grow engineers while setting technical direction and guiding architecture and delivery.
- Drive telephony features and own audio quality, validation, reliability, and release readiness.
- Partner across software, baseband, QA, and carrier teams; lead debugging and develop analytics and regression-detection automation.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of experience in systems, embedded, or platform development.
- 3+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience.
- Strong programming experience in C and/or C++, and experience delivering production-quality systems across complex environments.
- Strong fundamentals in architecture, debugging, and performance analysis; experience working cross-functionally.
Nice to have
- Experience with telephony systems, audio, codecs, or tuning.
- Experience designing automation or CI systems; familiarity with SIP, SDP, MSRP, and MLS.
Pay
$195,700 and $338,400 (base salary range)
Tools
C, C++, IMS, VoLTE, VoNR, RCS, SIP, SDP
AI focus
Experience using modern developer tools, including AI-assisted workflows.
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