{"id":2994167,"url":"https://alion.io/job/apple-soc-firmware-engineer-2","title":"SoC Firmware Engineer","company":{"id":12,"name":"Apple","domain":"apple.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/apple","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Apple Jobs","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":94,"open_postings":1125,"ghost_share":0.001,"stale_share":0.036,"repost_share":0.02,"time_to_fill_p50_days":148,"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"}},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Cupertino, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":247000,"max_usd":451000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":527},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Assembly","optional":true},{"name":"Bash","optional":true},{"name":"C++","optional":true},{"name":"Perl","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true},{"name":"SystemVerilog","optional":true},{"name":"Verilog","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-04-10T00:21:35Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-12","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T10:02:01Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":216,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":1,"flags":[],"days_open":216},"description":"Does making the next great technology product excite you? Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, our new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. We bring passion and dedication to our job and when you are a part of that team there's no telling what you could accomplish. SoC Firmware engineers at Apple implement new features/functionalities of Apple’s premier SoCs. This is a critical job within Apple's Hardware Technology organization, and we'd love to have you join us.\nDescription\nYou will partner closely with various team members on activities ranging from processor sub-system design, algorithm development, firmware development to system debug, root cause analysis, and corrective action. You will be developing embedded software solutions for our current and future products. We are seeking an individual with firmware, device driver or equivalent development experience. Work with the silicon team to craft specifications for future chips, building software to run on these new chips and boards. Develop drivers for various IP blocks in embedded environments. Work closely with multi-functional teams to provide system-level API and firmware functionality to meet product requirements; coding, debugging and hardware/software integration testing; and communicating results and recommendations.\nMinimum Qualifications\nMinimum of BS + 10 years relevant industry experience.\nPreferred Qualifications\nSoftware development experience using C and assembly language with ARM CPUs.\nExperience in SW development and testing in FPGA environment\nExperience in developing low-level drivers and HW bring-up, using test tools and interacting with HW design teams.\nExposure to multiple high-level programming languages, including C, C++.\nExperience with Configuration Management tools (git, Subversion, Perforce).\nExperience with scripting languages (i.e. Bash/shell, Perl, Python).\nExperience with MCUs, peripherals, features, and development environments is also valuable.\nProven ability to design and integrate code into a shipping product against aggressive timelines.\nStrong software debugging skills are critical.\nProficiency in Verilog/System Verilog.\nExperience with FW development/debugging in pre-silicon environment (simulation/emulation).\nProven excellence in firmware, device driver, or equivalent experience?","description_format":"text","description_chars":2375,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Incident Response","Operating Systems","Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers","Tablets"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-21T10:34:38Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-21T16:58:38Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-11-11T11:26:07Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-11-11T22:29:36Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-11-12T10:02:01Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,350 · green card filings: 39","filings_12m":6350,"filings_prev_12m":6528,"green_card_filings_12m":39,"median_offered_wage_usd":177313,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-12T07:36:15+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":1366}],"liveness":{"score":34,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.776,"p_room":0.44,"age_days":216,"expected_fill_days":148,"reasons":["conf:0","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/apple-soc-firmware-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/apple-soc-firmware-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T12:49:44Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":26503,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":12},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=12"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fapple-soc-firmware-engineer-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fapple-soc-firmware-engineer-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fapple-soc-firmware-engineer-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/apple-soc-firmware-engineer-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fapple-soc-firmware-engineer-2"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":2994167}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"apple.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":2994167},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}