Embedded Software Engineer, Find My

Apple•Cupertino, CA

34d

About The Position

The Find My team is dedicated to building a seamless, private, and secure experience for users to locate their devices, personal items, and share location with friends and family. We're a group of highly motivated engineers, designers, and product managers who are passionate about creating a simple and reliable experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We thrive in a fast paced environment where team members are often encouraged to wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of the product lifecycle. Innovation and creative problem-solving are at the heart of our team, and we constantly explore new approaches to deliver groundbreaking solutions while collaborating with diverse disciplines across the company, including hardware, software, and privacy, to deliver an exceptional user experience. DESCRIPTION As an engineer on our team, you'll thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment, collaborating closely with a passionate team to achieve a shared mission. You'll be instrumental in developing exciting new features, and your contributions will directly impact millions of users. We embrace continuous iteration and improvement, so you'll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and refine your skills as we build the future of Find My. Our ideal candidate is proactive, results-driven, and passionate about learning. You’ll be an experienced software engineer who is equally passionate about software development and software quality. This unique opportunity requires a balanced approach to delivering complex engineering projects with a team of highly skilled software engineers. As the engineer, your responsibilities will include working closely with multi-functional teams, act as the technical point of contact, take ownership of problems and deliverables, lead engineering efforts, and organize engineering tasks to deliver the next generation of Find My features. Creative thinking, strong problem solving, excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with other multi-functional teams in a dynamic setting are meaningful attributes which will serve you well in this role.

Requirements

8+ years of embedded software engineering experience, with a proven track record of owning and delivering complex, cross-functional projects from concept through production at scale
Ability to take ownership, identify requirements, prioritize and make progress in an environment with limited given input
Expertise in C or C++ for Embedded Systems
Experience in embedded software development, device bringup, debugging and testing
Understanding of multi-core embedded HW System and RTOS
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of common data structures and algorithms
Hands on experience writing strong object-oriented code including creating frameworks, modular and testable software
Working knowledge of cryptography standards and protocols (e.g.. PKCS, KMIP, X.509, AES, KDF, CA)
Very strong in leading others and hands-on in programming, system design, and problem solving
Experience with multithreaded programming
Experience driving release decisions, scoping work, and driving bug convergence
Experience in cross team collaboration and communication across multiple timezones
Able to work in an ambiguous and highly interdependent work environment to get things done in an efficient and tactful way
Ability to thrive in a multi-functional team on high-profile, critical projects
BS or MS in computer science, electrical engineering or equivalent