Software Systems Engineer

Apple • San Diego, CA

7d

About The Position

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather
to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people
once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the
diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs
through everything we do.

DESCRIPTION

APPLE INC has the following available in San Diego, California. Architect and
implement production software systems for new technologies, fusing them with
existing capabilities, and bringing new experiences to our users. Collaborate
with developers on other iOS teams to architect the full iOS solution. Design
and implement full-stack technologies integrating wireless technologies to solve
real-world problems. Participate in brainstorming and evaluating new
technologies as iOS continues to evolve. Collect and analyze real-world data
sets of varying size and complexity. Optimize performance, robustness, and
scalability of new and existing services. Summarize and distill the technical
content to inform the upper management and gather technical direction. Create a
technical demonstration experiment/experience for other teams and management. 40
hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and
is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you
grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between
$139,500 - $210,100/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills,
qualifications, experience, and location. PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also
have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in
Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for
discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a
discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental
coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services,
and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple,
reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or
commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits:
https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit,
compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements
and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer and Information Technology, or a related field.
• Writing and debugging system daemon (OS) software to deliver stated functionality of processes running on multi-core CPU, in C++, Obj-C, and Swift
• Writing framework/library to expose the underlying OS software access to other developers, C++ and Swift
• Reviewing other developer’s code, reconstituting and inferring the underlying intention and design goal in C++, Objc-C, Swift, python code review
• Writing micro-controller firmware to control wireless chips Writing C++, Objc-C, Swift libraries to expose the firmware access, or data type to developers outside the team
• Writing test scripts to exercise the feature on CPU, and micro-controller, in Python, Swift, Obj-C
• Writing and understanding signal processing / controls algorithms in Matlab, NumPy, C++
• Integrating the software and firmware build and test into a continuous integration servers, including Jenkins, XcodeBuild
• Using software tools including GDB and Valgrind to instrument and analyze the software performance and diagnose hotspots
• Diagnosing and resolving complex low-level operating system issues, such as process scheduling, memory management (e.g. leaks, corruption), and concurrency challenges.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement production software systems for new technologies, fusing them with existing capabilities, and bringing new experiences to our users.
• Collaborate with developers on other iOS teams to architect the full iOS solution.
• Design and implement full-stack technologies integrating wireless technologies to solve real-world problems.
• Participate in brainstorming and evaluating new technologies as iOS continues to evolve.
• Collect and analyze real-world data sets of varying size and complexity.
• Optimize performance, robustness, and scalability of new and existing services.
• Summarize and distill the technical content to inform the upper management and gather technical direction.
• Create a technical demonstration experiment/experience for other teams and management.

Benefits

• opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs
• eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• retirement benefits
• a range of discounted products and free services
• reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
• eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level