Apple
Systems Engineer — Apple Reference Image
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in industry.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Own systems architecture and cross-stack integration for a secure image-authenticity system, from device capture and cryptographic signing through cloud processing and user experiences.
What you'll do
- Contribute to architecture and implementation of signing, key rotation, certificate lifecycle, and revocation systems.
- Threat-model media-authenticity workflows and advance image formats and metadata for secure provenance.
- Coordinate cloud and cross-functional integrations, communicate tradeoffs, and help plan future hardware generations.
What they ask for
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of industry experience.
- Familiarity with cryptographic signing and verification, including certificates, secure boot, key management, and revocation.
- Ability to work across stakeholder teams and clearly communicate technical tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to have
- Experience with image/media pipelines and formats such as RAW, ISP, DNG/JPEG/HEIF; this is described as a strong plus.
- Experience with distributed cloud infrastructure and confidential compute environments (PCC or similar); familiarity with trusted timestamping, certificate management, or cross-platform security features is also preferred.
Pay
USD $150,400 to $277,600 base salary
Tools
PCC, RAW, ISP, DNG, JPEG, HEIF
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