Systems Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

Cambridge Until 9/22/2026 0+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Imagine what you can do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there’s no telling what we can accomplish together. Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Can you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? At Apple, our Platform Architecture group is responsible for connecting our hardware and software into one unified system. Join this team, and you’ll collaborate with engineers across Apple to build and deploy forward-looking prototype systems that contribute to the development of our world renowned hardware and software architecture. You and your team will confirm that every product we make performs exactly as intended. Together, our work will be the reason millions of customers feel they can trust their devices every single day.

Description

Apple’s Platform Architecture group is seeking a systems engineer to build high performance functional models of advanced SoC designs and to help bridge the gap between Software and Hardware, influencing performance improvements, power efficiency, security, and the programming ease of Apple products.

Minimum Qualifications

BS degree.
Experience in low-level software, operating systems, or compilers.
Programming experience (C++/C).

Preferred Qualifications

MS or PhD degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
Experience debugging large, complex system software.
Scripting skills (Python).
Assembly experience.
Experience with kernel, driver and firmware development.
Experience with modeling and simulation.
Knowledge of ARM and/or X86 architecture.

About this role

Summary

Build high performance models of SoC designs, bridging hardware and software.

Job title

Systems Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

Experience level

entry level

Minimum experience

0+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Located in Cambridge, remote work not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C++CPythonassemblykerneldriverfirmware

Preferred skills

debuggingmodelingsimulationARMX86

Specializations

low-level softwareoperating systemscompilersmodeling and simulationkernel
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cambridge, UK

Work arrangement unknown City