Senior Systems Engineer, Watch Software

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$129,300–$225,300 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Senior Systems Engineer, Watch Software

The Senior Systems Engineer, Watch Software joins the watchOS Systems team to build and optimize foundational software that drives device performance and power efficiency. This role involves architecting core OS features, managing process lifecycles, reclaiming memory, and leading transitions to 64-bit architectures. The engineer will conduct investigative research and prototyping for future hardware and software features while collaborating with Performance, Power, OS, and Hardware experts. Day-to-day tasks include working across the system software stack from firmware and kernel layers to application layers, diagnosing issues at the language, runtime, and kernel levels, and building tools to model performance and memory. Required skills include experience with low-level OS systems like Darwin or drivers, power and performance measurement techniques, and solid computer science fundamentals to solve complex problems at the intersection of hardware and software.

What does a Systems Engineer earn in California?

Median $191000 from 77 postings across 17 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and optimize foundational software to improve device performance and power efficiency.
  • Conduct investigative research and prototype new technologies for future hardware and software features.
  • Develop system-level functionalities such as process lifecycle management and memory reclamation.
  • Model and project memory demands over the lifetime of new System on a Chip (SoC) designs.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex performance and power issues across kernel, runtime, and application layers.
  • Build and maintain tools to help engineers model and analyze system performance and memory.
  • Implement new software components, frameworks, and applications across multiple layers of the stack.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of industry experience.
  • Deep technical understanding and hands-on experience with software development and lifecycle management.
  • Experience with low-level OS systems, such as 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 (preferred).
  • Ability to work with technology partners across the stack from hardware and firmware to frameworks and applications (preferred).

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