Software Engineer - SOC Power Management, Core OS
Apple
Software Engineering
Austin, TX, USA
Posted on Apr 22, 2026
We are looking for an exceptional software engineer to lead, design and implement CPU and SoC power management software for Apple's new product platforms! In this unique and highly visible role, you will be at the center of feature developments and system power optimizations.
We work with hardware and system teams and lead the bring-up and development of SoC power management features from pre-silicon to final product commercial release. You will also be required to prototype and explore novel CPU/SoC power management schemes and work with design teams to influence future chip designs. The impact of the proposed innovations will span across CPU/SoC micro-architecture and driver design, striving to lead the future products to aggressive battery life targets.
- Design, implement and optimize CPU/SoC power management software
- Drive SoC power management features from bring-up to product release.
- Demonstrate and explain cross functionally system power/performance trade-offs.
- Influence software design and specifications of future SoC hardware platforms
- Expertise in embedded software development (C or C++)
- Expertise in writing and debugging complex OS device and kernel drivers
- Experience in embedded SOC architectures and hardware/software dependencies
- Experience in SOC and/or System Power Management
- Experience in new platform or silicon bringup
- Demonstrated innovative, critical thinking and debugging skills
- Highly professional, with the ability to deliver work on tight schedules
- Excellent collaborative skills
- Extraordinary written and verbal communication
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