Apple is looking to solve the problem of increasingly demanding power requirements for its products, including supplying advanced system features and capabilities, enabling fast charging, and providing power to external peripherals.
Requirements
- Strong embedded software engineering skills, understanding of operating systems and knowledge of C/C++
- Experience with HW-SW interfaces and communication protocols like I2C, SPI, SPMI, etc.
- Familiarity with battery management systems (BMS), charging control and power management software
- Familiarity with power management software or consumer electronics charging technologies like USB Power Delivery or BC 1.2
- Experience resolving complex system-level issues, at the hardware and software boundary, by working in highly collaborative settings across engineering domains
- Experience with bring-up of new hardware and technologies
Responsibilities
- Develop C/C++ code in embedded FW and/or OS under tight schedules and resource constraints
- Enable the necessary telemetry to support debuggability and key insights
- Troubleshoot issues that arise during early bring-up through sustaining
- Engage with diverse cross-functional team members to drive design and implementation
- Contribute to the evolution of the battery / charging / wired power technologies
- Develop tools and tests to aid in day-to-day activities
Other
- Highly professional and collaborative with outstanding communication and presentation skills
- Genuine passion for system engineering, hardware/software integration, and obsession over delightful customer experience with products
- Consistent track record of successful and timely software product delivery with complex dependencies
- Genuine curiosity about how things work
- High attention to detail
