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Systems Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

Cambridge, MAOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • low-level software
  • operating systems
  • compilers
  • C++

Nice to have

  • MS or PhD degree
  • Computer Engineering
  • Python
  • Assembly
  • kernel
  • driver

Role summary

Apple's Platform Architecture group is seeking a systems engineer to build high-performance functional models of advanced SoC designs. This role bridges the gap between software and hardware, influencing performance, power efficiency, security, and programming ease. The engineer will collaborate to build and deploy prototype systems, ensuring product functionality and customer trust. Required qualifications include a BS degree and experience in low-level software, operating systems, or compilers, with C++/C programming skills.

Imagine what you can do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there’s no telling what we can accomplish together. Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Can you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? At Apple, our Platform Architecture group is responsible for connecting our hardware and software into one unified system. Join this team, and you’ll collaborate with engineers across Apple to build and deploy forward-looking prototype systems that contribute to the development of our world renowned hardware and software architecture. You and your team will confirm that every product we make performs exactly as intended. Together, our work will be the reason millions of customers feel they can trust their devices every single day.

Description


Apple’s Platform Architecture group is seeking a systems engineer to build high performance functional models of advanced SoC designs and to help bridge the gap between Software and Hardware, influencing performance improvements, power efficiency, security, and the programming ease of Apple products.

Minimum Qualifications


BS degree. Experience in low-level software, operating systems, or compilers. Programming experience (C++/C).

Preferred Qualifications


MS or PhD degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering. Experience debugging large, complex system software. Scripting skills (Python). Assembly experience. Experience with kernel, driver and firmware development. Experience with modeling and simulation. Knowledge of ARM and/or X86 architecture.

Sample Apple interview questions

  • 1

    Design a typeahead box for a search engine

    system designmedium
  • 2

    Design a rate limiter

    system designmedium
  • 3

    Architect a key-value store for distributed systems.

    system designmedium
  • 4

    Design a system to schedule jobs in a distributed environment

    system designmedium
  • 5

    What is an API and how does it work?

    technicalmedium

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