Job Details

Software Development Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Jun 24, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200607247

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. Create, research, design, develop, maintain and debug media systems software on embedded systems for end customer media support. Analyze source code to enhance security and address. Implement performance analysis to existing and newly developed software for Apple iOS, IpadOS, tvOS, WatchOS and MacOS. Create performance testing methodologies and enhance memory, performance and reliability of embedded systems. Provide reports and analyze failure scenarios and identify causes. Work and interact with Apple’s Apple Media Products on mobile and embedded platforms combining cutting-edge software on Xcode instruments and engineering techniques such as thread safety developed concurrent programs, functional programming, UI Kit UI development with next-generation hardware. Develop and engineer multi-device communications software using Objective-C/C and C++ for shipping in Apple’s embedded software stack to enhance media use cases. Implement complex device communications mechanisms for mesh networks via communication protocols. Program multi-threaded software, in memory-constrained systems. Debug systems being developed. 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 $226,158 - $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

• 5 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

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

• Objective – C for system development

• C for the internal systems engineering

• Software Memory Analysis to optimize software to run efficiently and implement new functionality on existing hardware

• Embedded Systems Development to ship large scale embedded systems

• Software Performance Analysis to detect performance bottlenecks and allow customers to use embedded systems

• Multi-Device communication protocols to develop applications that involve multiple devices to communicate within a group.

• Multi-Threaded embedded system development to allow software to run at peak performance level.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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