About the role

What will you do at Apple?

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

Which skills does this role require?

C++Objective-CSwiftUnixLinuxMacOSEmbedded systemsSystems Software EngineerOS DiagnosticsHardware EngineeringSoftware EngineeringContract ManufacturingHardware qualityProduct integrityMass production

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