SoC Audio Architect: Subsystem Design & Roadmaps

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental cover

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Education reimbursement including TU

Discretionary bonuses, relocation

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking an experienced SoC Audio Architect/Engineer in Cupertino, CA to define the audio subsystem architecture across Apple’s silicon.

You will own multi-generational roadmaps, balance performance, power, and area, and work with hardware, software, firmware teams from concept to tape-out and shipping products. You will shape interconnects, DSP and software interfaces, and drive architecture decisions with executive stakeholders, while mentoring team members and advancing audio

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 10+ years of relevant industry experience

Tools

System Verilog

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking an experienced SoC Audio Architect/Engineer in Cupertino, CA to define the audio subsystem architecture across Apple’s silicon.

You will own multi-generational roadmaps, balance performance, power, and area, and work with hardware, software, firmware teams from concept to tape-out and shipping products. You will shape interconnects, DSP and software interfaces, and drive architecture decisions with executive stakeholders, while mentoring team members and advancing audio