Display Firmware Engineer
- Location
- Various Locations within San Francisco Bay Area · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 13 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- C
- C++
- ARM embedded processors
- embedded firmware development
- hardware bring-up
- hardware configuration and debug
- low-level firmware development
- driver development
- interprocessor communication
- interrupts
- memory management
- peripheral integration
- NOR flash
- NAND flash
Also useful
- Python
- scripting and automation
- Git
- test-driven firmware development
- continuous integration
- display technologies
- MATLAB
- image processing
Summary
Apple's Display Silicon Architecture team is looking for a firmware engineer to work on the next generation of displays. Join us in crafting solutions the world doesn't know of yet. To be successful, you should be able to thrive in a dynamic, agile, multi-disciplinary, and hands-on environment that values engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation.
About the role
This role requires a strong embedded firmware development background and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally. You will work with display firmware and silicon architects, electrical engineers, pixel pipeline, software and security architects and external vendors to develop display configurations, firmware and productize with emphasis on top-notch quality.
Responsibilities
- Develop and tune highly efficient firmware and custom display silicon configurations - optimized for performance, power, memory footprint, and latency - based on requirements from internal and external teams
- Develop scripts and automation to integrate, test, validate, and release firmware builds
- Debug and troubleshoot issues to identify the root cause, and create detailed reports or presentations to share with stakeholders
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in EE/CS/CSE with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience
- Experience developing firmware/software in C/C++ for ARM or similar embedded processors
- Experience with hardware bring up, configuration and debug, low level firmware or driver development and expertise with associated tools and methodologies
- Experience with interprocessor communication, interrupts, memory management, integrating peripherals or non-volatile memory (NOR, NAND Flash)
- Experience with various industry standard communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, USB, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's in EE/CS/CSE
- Solid understanding of Python or other scripting languages
- Experience with Git (or similar) client source code repository operations and work flows
- Good knowledge of Test Driven Firmware Development Methodology with continuous integration and releases
- Good knowledge of Display Technologies
- Good understanding of MATLAB or similar tools
- Experience with implementation of image processing and pixel manipulation algorithms is a plus
- Strong sense of responsibility and ownership, with a proven ability to drive technical solutions with good written and verbal communication skills
From Apple's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 27, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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