Firmware Engineer - AirPods

San Diego, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-26 → 2026-09-28

Core

Architecting and developing the audio platform for Apple's consumer audio products, integrating and managing data and system states.

Role type

Senior IC firmware engineer (embedded audio)

Builds

Firmware for Apple-branded audio products (AirPods)

Domain

Consumer electronics / Embedded systems

Required skills

Embedded C/C++, RTOS development, Real-time system debugging, Low-level hardware interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART), Power and memory optimization, Multi-threaded environment design

Preferred skills

Python scripting, Git/CI/CD, SoC power management, Flash storage management, New silicon bringup, Filesystems and telemetry firmware

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