Firmware & Sensors Engineer, Home and Audio Devices

Apple

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About The Position

The team is looking for a skilled and motivated individual that will be responsible to create sensing based experiences for Home and Audio products of the future. The ideal candidate will have broad knowledge in a number of sensing devices and technologies to coincide with firmware capabilities necessary to make the sensor become an experience.

Genuine passion for innovation and product development with experience from inception through delivery to customers. The Firmware Engineer will be individually responsible for all things firmware and sensing related. Architect, design, develop and maintain hardware and firmware for Apple home and audio products. The individual will be also responsible for the overall sensor integration in the product and insuring the highest quality execution to launch amazing new product features.

Requirements

• M.S. in EE, CE, CS, or equivalent industry experience
• 8+ years of firmware and device driver development in bare-metal or RTOS environments, ideally in consumer electronics.
• 5+ years of sensing system hardware engineering experience such as optical, IMU, capacitive, environmental, light, motion, radar, acoustic, etc.
• Proven experience in a leadership role, showcasing strong decision-making and team management abilities.
• Strong coding skills in C, C++, Python.
• Ability to optimize software for resource constrained embedded systems (e.g. power, throughput, memory/compute).
• Hands-on experience in rapid prototyping, hardware bring-up, software feature design and development.
• Able to go learn how to quantify and test new technologies.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with calibration and system builds in factory is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work across the organization and interact, influence and negotiate effectively at all levels of management.
• Obsessively passionate and inquisitive, and seek to solve everyday problems in innovative ways.

Responsibilities

• Create sensing based experiences for Home and Audio products.
• Architect, design, develop and maintain hardware and firmware for Apple home and audio products.
• Responsible for the overall sensor integration in the product.
• Ensure the highest quality execution to launch amazing new product features.
• Rapid prototyping, hardware bring-up, software feature design and development.
• Quantify and test new technologies.
• Travel domestically and internationally for development and on-site manufacturing support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior