Job Details

Software Development Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Jun 20, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200607909

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do.

Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Design new software stacks for future health products and sensing technologies. Architect and build user-facing features with interactions from low-level system software layers to high-level architectures for new software features in the Health space. Build Apple internal test tools and data collection infrastructure which will help define future Health features on Apple Watch. Work with sensor data and familiarity with IOKit frameworks on iOS/OS X platforms, debug and profile code in kernel and user space software. Maintain and design new software stacks for future health projects and sensing technologies. Architect and build software stacks to implement new features in the Health space. Participate in designing and building new system software architecture Sleep feature related features on Apple Watch. Participate in code reviews from members or cross-functional teams contributing to watchOS. Build automation and supporting tools in Python to help expedite the watchOS feature development process as well as investigate and triage bugs and issues that could have existed. Negotiate, specify, and document communication protocols, system states, FW/SW feature requirements, power and performance optimization with cross-functional teams to build production-level Apple Watch Health features. Define power management strategies and review and collaborate with Quality engineering teams to inform and craft white box testing. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $177,838 - $264,200/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation.

• 5 years of experience with each of the following skills is required::

• Implementing health sensor features using modern C++ or Objective C++.

• Understanding memory alignment and optimizations needed for kernel device driver and development for new hardware bring-up.

• Experience working with digital sensors and controllers.

• Object-oriented framework development and API design experience.

• Experience with debugging and profiling code in both kernel and user space.

• Experience in data structure and ML algorithms to support SW-Algorithms integration on an embedded platform.

• Defining power management strategies, collaborating with Quality Engineering teams, conducting white box testing, and ensuring optimal power efficiency and performance.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

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