Apple

Senior Systems Engineer, Watch Software

Apple$150K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of industry experience in software engineering
  • Hands-on experience with software development and lifecycle management
  • Proficient understanding of low-level OS systems such as kernel and drivers
  • Strong expertise in power and performance measurement techniques
  • Solid foundation in computer science principles
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Experience in application or systems architecture

Responsibilities

  • Build and optimize foundational software for Apple Watch
  • Conduct investigative research and prototype new technologies
  • Collaborate with Performance, Power, OS, and Hardware experts
  • Define and implement system-level functionality for process management
  • Diagnose and resolve power issues in code from other teams
  • Develop tools for modeling and analyzing performance and memory
  • Serve as a performance specialist for various engineering teams

Benefits

  • Unique opportunity to shape the future of Apple Watch
  • Dynamic work environment with a variety of complex challenges
  • Collaborative atmosphere with cross-functional teams
  • Chance to conduct innovative research in emerging technologies
  • High visibility role impacting both hardware and software performance
Full Job Description
The watchOS Systems team is looking for a creative senior software engineer to help define the future of Apple Watch. Your core responsibility will be to build and optimize the foundational software that drives the device's performance and power efficiency. You will also have the unique opportunity to conduct investigative research, prototyping new technologies that will help define future hardware and software features. This role is perfect for a collaborative engineer who is passionate about the intersection of hardware and software and thrives on solving complex, open-ended problems.

As a key engineer on this team, you will tackle a wide range of complex challenges and collaborate closely with Performance, Power, OS, and Hardware experts across Apple. Your responsibilities will be dynamic, ranging from architecting core OS features to acting as a performance specialist for other teams. This includes defining and implementing critical system-level functionality, such as new systems to manage the process lifecycle, reclaim memory, or lead the transition to a 64-bit OS architecture. You will also dive into other teams' code to diagnose and resolve significant power issues, and will build and maintain tools to help all engineers model and analyze performance and memory.

8+ years industry experience. Deep technical understanding and hands-on experience with software development and lifecycle management. Experience with low-level OS systems, i.e. kernel, Darwin or drivers. Deep experience with power and performance measurement and investigation techniques. Solid computer science fundamentals. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for collaborating with a technical team.

Experience defining and contributing to application or systems architecture. Ability to work with technology partners at all levels of the stack, from hardware, sensors, and firmware to frameworks and applications. Experience in additional technical areas, like Graphics, UI or networking. Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, especially with ambiguous or undefined problems.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
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Revenue
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