Systems Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

Cambridge Until 9/22/2026 10+ 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).
Experience developing and debugging large, complex system software.

Preferred Qualifications

MS or PhD degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
10+ years of experience.
Scripting skills (Python).
Assembly experience.
Experience with kernel, driver and firmware development.
Experience with concurrent and parallel programming.
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 at Apple.

Job title

Systems Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Cambridge, on-site; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C++Csoftware developmentdebuggingsystem software

Preferred skills

Pythonassemblykerneldriverfirmwareparallel programmingmodelingARMX86

Specializations

low-level softwareoperating systemscompilersC++hardware-software integration
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cambridge, UK

On-site City