Wireless SOC FW Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area San Diego Until 9/22/2026 First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Would you like to join Apple’s growing wireless silicon development team? Our wireless SOC organization is responsible for all aspects of wireless silicon development with a particular emphasis on highly energy efficient design and new technologies that transform the user experience at the product level, all of which is driven by a world-class vertically integrated engineering team spanning RF/Analog architecture and design, Systems/PHY/MAC architecture and design, VLSI/RTL design and integration, Emulation, Design Verification, Test and Validation, and FW/SW engineering. In this highly visible role, you will be at the center of a silicon design group with a critical impact on getting functional wireless products to hundreds of millions of customers quickly.

Description

As an SoC Firmware Engineer, you will be a core member of a Wireless SoC firmware team, with emphasis on hardware and system bring-up, drivers, network stack and support of other teams interacting within a Wireless SoC group. Responsible for crafting and implementing embedded software for System on a Chip (SoC) bring up and test. You will work closely with the Software Engineering team ensuring the quality of their firmware for manufacturability.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong background in embedded software development using C and assembly languages, familiarity with ARM CPUs and RTOS.
Experience in performing low-level drivers and HW bring-up and validation on FPGA and SoC Silicon hardware platform, using test tools, and interacting with HW and SoC design teams.
Experience writing scripts in languages such as Python, Perl, or Tcl.
Experience implementing diagnostics, manufacturing tests, and protocol compliance test software.
Experience with power optimization implementation and related debugging in firmware.
Experience with industry standards for wireless communications such as Bluetooth, WLAN, or UWB at MAC/PHY level and FW implementation.

About this role

Summary

Develop firmware for wireless silicon, focusing on hardware bring-up, drivers, and system validation.

Job title

Wireless SOC FW Engineer

Experience level

entry level

Industry

technology

Location requirements

San Francisco Bay Area or San Diego, remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

CassemblyARMRTOSPythonPerlTclwireless protocols

Preferred skills

FPGApower debuggingBluetoothWLANUWBdiagnostics

Specializations

embedded softwaredriverswireless communicationFPGApower optimization
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

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On-site

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On-site