Software Development Engineer, Vision Products Group

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build service we create or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each others ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world changing lives for the better. Its the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in we can do the best work of our lives. Here youll do more than join something youll add something. nnJoin our Systems Software Architecture Team under VPG where were pioneering a revolutionary framework thats redefining how Apple products deliver real-time experiences. Our framework enables developers to express workloads as interconnected graphs creating demand-driven systems that optimize for latency and enable zero-copy data access. Originally developed to help visionOS achieve its critical motion-to-photon latency targetsproviding users with a seamless realistic experience through Vision Proour technology is now expanding to iOS and macOS. As Apple deploys LLMs and other real-time features across platforms our framework is becoming essential infrastructure that enables the next generation of Apple product experiences.

As a Software Development Engineer you will implement and improve framework features that power real-time experiences across Apples product ecosystem. Youll work with cross-functional teams to build and optimize components for products like Vision Pro iPhone and Mac contributing to systems that meet demanding performance requirements for latency jitter and user experience. This role requires solid technical skills in systems programming a growing ability to evaluate architectural tradeoffs and a passion for delivering technology that enables breakthrough product features.

Implement and optimize framework features that enable customer-facing capabilities on visionOS iOS and macOS platforms. nDevelop code using C/C Objective-C and/or Swift. nContribute to architectural RFCs and technical documentation that guide the team in developing framework features. nCollaborate with cross-functional partners to understand requirements and deliver optimized solutions. nTriage and investigate incoming issues using metrics including MTBF client team impact user experience and test coverage. nAnalyze tradeoffs between different technical approaches and contribute to discussions on optimal solutions for complex problems. nProfile and optimize system performance to meet critical KPIs for latency jitter and resource utilization.

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or related field and 2 years of relevant industry experience; or Masters degree with 1 year of relevant experience. nUnderstanding of operating systems fundamentals including process management memory management inter-process communication concurrent programming and synchronization primitives. nProficiency in C/C programming for systems-level development. nExperience with debugging tools such as gdb or lldb. nAbility to analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks. nFamiliarity with Gen AI coding tools. Demonstrated ability to use them for design code generation and debugging.

Understanding of computer architecture and hardware-software interaction. nExperience with or interest in resource-constrained Embedded Systems development. nFamiliarity with real-time systems design principles and scheduling algorithms. nExposure to performance-critical software development in production systems. nInterest in or experience with AR/VR systems spatial computing or graphics pipelines. niOS or macOS development experience using system frameworks. nExposure to Objective-C or Swift for platform development.