Pre-Silicon Infrastructure Software Engineer, Core OS

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

The Pre-Silicon Evolution team within Apple's CoreOS organization is searching for dedicated software engineers to develop software infrastructure and tooling for Apple Silicon SoCs. Our team lives at the intersection of hardware and software, and we push the boundaries of full-system, pre-silicon simulation to enable software development for Apple products during the earliest phases of their development. The software tooling and cloud infrastructure we develop is used across Apple's hardware and software organizations. We design technologies that enable development and testing of both hardware and software features for future Apple products to ensure that they work seamlessly together before they are manufactured. As a Pre-Silicon Infrastructure Software Engineer, you will play a significant part in crafting a simulation environment, define bring up processes, create new tools and services used across the organization for a broad range of upcoming Apple devices.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure-focused or embedded software engineering roles.
• High proficiency in Python, with hands-on experience releasing Python-based tools, libraries, and services.
• Backend development experience using Django or Flask, including designing and implementing REST APIs, with experience working with SQL-based databases.
• Understanding of Unix concepts, networking concepts, and shell scripting.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (preferably for embedded software).
• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to learn rapidly, and capacity to debug complex distributed systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in embedded software, macOS kernel and driver internals, and knowledge of Arm SoC architecture.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration for deployment and management.
• Experience in full platform simulation/FPGA technologies.
• Experience developing applications using SwiftUI/Swift.
• Familiarity using AI tools similar to Claude Code/Codex.

Responsibilities

• Crafting a simulation environment
• Define bring up processes
• Create new tools and services used across the organization for a broad range of upcoming Apple devices

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level