Job Details

Software Development Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

Hardware

Summary

Posted: Jun 05, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200606871

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do.

Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Develop boot and driver code for Apple SOC, including AP clusters, IO Co-Processor system, fabric, power management, memory, and other l/O devices. Design, implement, and enhance Common Firmware Environment (CFE) and other platform software including RTOS for Apple silicon validation organization. Develop system software to exercise power-saving features (suspend and resume). Contribute to SDRAM initialization and calibration development. Implementing firmware driver for PMIC and battery charging. Participate in the chip bring-up on the simulator, emulation, FPGA, and silicon. Develop applications covering system-level use cases and functional features. Participate in SOC architecture, design specification, and board schematics review. Develop test scripts in Tcl and Python to facilitate debug and test automation. Execute system level regression, sanity and automated tests. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $147,713 - $214,500/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience and/or education must include:

• Using C/C++ in software development for embedded system and SOC

• Using python to write script for test automation

• Developing software for SOC with ARM CPU

• Developing software for I/O driver including GPIO, SPI, and USB

• Developing software for Linux modules and drivers

• Using C/C++ to develop software in RTOS

• Developing software with simulation system

• Using software and hardware debug tools for development on embedded system

• Use C/C++ to develop wireless system on micro-controller

• Use C/C++ to develop software for power management unit driver

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

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