mid operations Systems Engineer ic · Posted May 4, 2026

About this role

Apple is hiring a mid-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Cambridge, MA. The posting calls out experience with Python, C, Embedded Systems.

Role
Systems Engineer
Function
operations
Level
mid
Track
Individual contributor
Location
Cambridge, MA
Department
Hardware
Posted
May 4, 2026

Job description

from Apple careers

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.
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.
<h3>Minimum Qualifications</h3>BS degree.
Experience in low-level software, operating systems, or compilers.
Programming experience (C++/C).
Experience developing and debugging large, complex system software.
<h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3>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.

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