Systems Software Developer, Vision Products Group

The Vision Products Group is seeking an exceptional software engineer to design, develop, and integrate systems software across high-performance, energy-efficient systems that power our next-generation intelligent vision products.\\n\\nIn this highly collaborative role, you will be at the forefront of efforts to influence hardware design, utilize existing hardware, including machine learning accelerators, diverse software and operating systems powering different processor flavors. You will be part of a team responsible for designing, building, and maintaining systems software such as kernel drivers, runtime libraries, frameworks, software running on low-power embedded cores, and daemons that power novel vision products with a focus on performance, power efficiency, security, privacy, and machine intelligence.\\n\\nWe are looking for a motivated systems software engineer with a genuine passion for solving complex and challenging systems software problems that possesses strong analytical and communication skills, capable of driving highly cross-functional collaborations across teams at Apple

We are seeking a skilled and highly motivated systems software engineer to join our Systems Software and Architecture team at Apple's Vision Products Group, focused on designing and building low-level systems software and frameworks that run Apple's vision products. You will be working in a highly cross-functional, collaborative environment, working closely with SoC architects, operating systems teams, accelerator core teams, embedded coprocessor teams, and the Security and Privacy teams, among others. You will design, develop, and integrate novel systems software with a high focus on performance, power efficiency, security, and privacy. You will be solving novel complex problems across all Apple devices with a focus on Vision Products and intelligent devices ecosystems.\n\n\nYou are the right match if:\nYou possess strong skills in systems software design and programming.\nYou are passionate about solving challenging systems software problems.\nYou are able to traverse the software stack at any level.\nYou have a good understanding of operating systems.\nYou have a good understanding of the ARM architecture.\nYou are skilled at the art of communicating and enjoy a highly collaborative environment. \nYou are able to acquire new skills and languages.\nYou have a keen interest in security and privacy\nYou have an interest in working with foundation models.

5+ years of proven systems software experience.\nProficiency in C/C++.\nStrong knowledge of operating systems and embedded software development fundamentals.\nGood working knowledge of the ARM architecture.\nExcellent communication skills.\nCreative, collaborative, and product-focused.\nFamiliarity with Gen AI coding tools. Demonstrated ability to use them for design, code generation, and debugging\nBachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience

Demonstrated experience building low-level systems software and frameworks.\nStrong working experience with extensible software design and architecture.\nStrong working knowledge of operating systems' inner workings, such as memory management, interrupt handling, and scheduling.\nExperience with AI accelerators.\nStrong working knowledge of LLMs and foundation models.\nDemonstrated innovative and creative thinking capabilities.