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Systems Software Engineer

San Diego, CAOnsiteFull TimeEntry-level (exp-based)Posted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • BS in CS/CE/EE
  • software engineer career experience
  • C++
  • Objective-C
  • Swift
  • Unix
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • drivers
  • applications

Nice to have

  • embedded system architectures
  • I2C
  • USB
  • PCIe
  • distributed applications
  • operating system debugging

Role summary

The Product Integrity group is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to join the OS Diagnostics team. This role involves developing, debugging, and maintaining internal software for various Apple products, focusing on characterizing, calibrating, and testing new hardware. The engineer will work with cross-functional teams, including Hardware Engineering and Contract Manufacturers, impacting hardware quality and user experience from early development through mass production. Expertise in C++/Objective-C/Swift and experience with Unix, Linux, or macOS are required.

The Product Integrity group is looking for a Systems Software Engineer to develop future products. As a member of the OS Diagnostics team you will develop and maintain software used to characterize, calibrate and test new hardware, debug software and hardware both independently and multi-functionally, and work with many other teams at Apple and at various contract manufacturers. Your experience writing and debugging software on different hardware platforms will be meaningful to your success.

Description


In this role you will be responsible for developing, debugging and maintaining internal software running on many Apple products. You will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of worldwide cross-functional teams including Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Operations, and our Contract Manufacturing partners. You will engage with many products from early development through mass production where your contributions will directly impact hardware quality and end user experiences.

Minimum Qualifications


BS in CS/CE/EE and 0-2+ years of software engineer career experience Expertise in at least one of C++/Objective-C/Swift Experience developing drivers/applications in Unix, Linux, or macOS

Preferred Qualifications


Experience with building embedded system architectures and using interfaces such as I2C, USB, PCIe Experience building and debugging distributed applications Experience debugging at all levels of an operating system Experience with Python/Lua/Bash Proven task management Effective communication skills

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  • 3

    Architect a key-value store for distributed systems.

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  • 4

    Design a system to schedule jobs in a distributed environment

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  • 5

    What is an API and how does it work?

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