Senior SoC Audio Architect - Subsystem & Platform Strategy

Apple, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 205,000 - 309,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental care

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Employee stock programs

Job summary

Apple, Inc. is seeking an experienced SoC Audio Architect to define and own the audio subsystem architecture across Apple’s SoCs.

You’ll collaborate with Silicon, Software, Hardware, and Firmware teams to size subsystems, optimize PPA, and roadmap multi-generation audio architectures from concept to tape-out. In this highly visible role, you will influence cross-functional decisions, mentor engineers, and shape architectures that scale across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experience with SoC architecture principles.
• Experience with SoC audio processing.

Responsibilities

• Define and own architecture specifications for audio subsystems across multiple Apple SoC product lines
• Author and maintain multi-generational technical roadmaps for audio subsystems, securing executive buy-in
• Contribute to performance and power modeling of audio workloads to determine subsystem sizing and partitioning across interfaces, accelerators, DSPs, and software
• Collaborate with Silicon Engineering, Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, and Firmware teams from concept through tape-out
• Present architecture and performance study results to cross-functional and executive audiences to inform technical decisions
• Mentor engineers and support onboarding and talent development within the team

Skills

SoC architecture principles

SoC audio processing

Education

Master's degree with 20+ years of relevant industry experience

Tools

SystemVerilog

RTL design concepts

Job description

Apple, Inc. is seeking an experienced SoC Audio Architect to define and own the audio subsystem architecture across Apple’s SoCs.

You’ll collaborate with Silicon, Software, Hardware, and Firmware teams to size subsystems, optimize PPA, and roadmap multi-generation audio architectures from concept to tape-out. In this highly visible role, you will influence cross-functional decisions, mentor engineers, and shape architectures that scale across the portfolio.