Systems Software Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple Inc.
Cambridge, MA, United States
4 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

X86 Architecture Apple Products Computing Platforms Systems Engineering C++ (Programming Language) Compilers Computer Programming Computer Engineering Software Debugging Firmware Python (Programming Language) Software Engineering
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System Programming System Software Scripting Information Technology Modeling and Simulation

Job 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.

Requirements

  • 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.

About the company

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.

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