Software Development Engineer, Vision Products Group

As a Software Development Engineer, you will implement and improve framework features that power real-time experiences across Apple's product ecosystem. You'll work with cross-functional teams to build and optimize components for products like Vision Pro, iPhone, and Mac, contributing to systems that meet demanding performance requirements for latency, jitter, and user experience. This role requires solid technical skills in systems programming, a growing ability to evaluate architectural tradeoffs, and a passion for delivering technology that enables breakthrough product features. Implement and optimize framework features that enable customer-facing capabilities on visionOS, iOS, and macOS platforms. Develop code using C/C++, Objective-C, and/or Swift. Contribute to architectural RFCs and technical documentation that guide the team in developing framework features. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to understand requirements and deliver optimized solutions. Triage and investigate incoming issues using metrics including MTBF, client team impact, user experience, and test coverage. Analyze tradeoffs between different technical approaches and contribute to discussions on optimal solutions for complex problems. Profile and optimize system performance to meet critical KPIs for latency, jitter, and resource utilization. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, and 2 years of relevant industry experience; or Master's degree with 1 year of relevant experience. Understanding of operating systems fundamentals including process management, memory management, inter-process communication, concurrent programming, and synchronization primitives. Proficiency in C/C++ programming for systems-level development. Experience with debugging tools such as gdb or lldb. Ability to analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks. Familiarity with Gen AI coding tools. Demonstrated ability to use them for design, code generation, and debugging. Understanding of computer architecture and hardware-software interaction. Experience with or interest in resource-constrained Embedded Systems development. Familiarity with real-time systems design principles and scheduling algorithms. Exposure to performance-critical software development in production systems. Interest in or experience with AR/VR systems, spatial computing, or graphics pipelines. iOS or macOS development experience using system frameworks. Exposure to Objective-C or Swift for platform development.

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