Firmware Engineer - AirPods

The AirPods Firmware team is looking for an enthusiastic engineer to join our team. This is an individual contributor role to develop the technical development of the audio platform for our products. You will have the opportunity to drive the technology and product development for Apple's consumer audio products. In this role, you will work with a wide cross-functional team to continually innovate technology implemented in Apple products.

Description

This is a high visibility role that involves architecting and developing our audio platform. This platform is a key technology that integrates and manages the data and system states for our products. We are seeking someone who is passionate about our products and the drive to improving the quality and innovation of our deliverables. The people here at Apple don’t just build products — they build the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. Excellent communication and collaboration is a must, as you will be asked to partner with team members and other engineering teams.

Minimum Qualifications

BS in Science or Engineering
5+ years of proven excellence in firmware, embedded software, embedded product development, or equivalent experience
Solid C/C++ coding abilities, experience implementing firmware in RTOS environments
Embedded software fundamentals, including knowledge of design and development-flows, real-time constraints, concurrency, multi-threaded environments
Software and hardware debugging skills, familiarity with low-level hardware interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, etc)
Passion for product ownership, defining the customer experience, and track record of product development
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in Science or Engineering
Experience with Python and/or other scripting languages
Experience with configuration and release management (git), continuous integration, unit and regression testing
Experience working with globally distributed teams working on large scale software projects
Strong understanding of design strategies for maintainability, scalability, and code reuse
Experience with development board and/or new silicon bringup
Experience with SoC power management, flash storage management, filesystems, telemetry and/or logging firmware