Software Engineering Manager - Telephony, Wireless Technologies & Ecosystems
About The Position
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there is no telling what you could accomplish. The Telephony team is looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to lead engineers building core calling and messaging technologies across Apple products. This team is responsible for cellular and Wi-Fi call flows, carrier features, IMS-based services, emergency calling, diagnostics, analytics, and modem integration. You will work closely with software, baseband, QA, carrier engineering, and product teams to deliver reliable, private, and high-quality communication experiences to millions of customers. As a Software Engineering Manager in the Telephony group, you’ll lead a team developing critical technologies for cellular communication and calling features. The work includes IMS subsystems (VoLTE, VoNR, Wi-Fi), RCS, emergency calling, telephony audio quality, diagnostics, and analytics. You’ll set technical direction, guide architecture and design, and drive execution from early development through product shipment. This role also includes ownership of telephony audio quality and lab-based validation in San Diego, as well as opportunities to build automation systems that improve regression detection and software quality. You should be comfortable working across complex system boundaries, debugging challenging issues, and driving improvements in quality, reliability, and engineering efficiency.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in systems, embedded, or platform development
- 3+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience
- Strong programming experience in C and/or C++
- Experience delivering production-quality systems across complex environments
- Strong fundamentals in architecture, debugging, and performance analysis
- Experience working cross-functionally with other teams
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Laser-focused on the smallest details that are meaningful to our customers
- Obsessively passionate and inquisitive, and seek to tackle everyday problems in innovative ways
Nice To Haves
- Experience with telephony systems, including IMS, VoLTE, VoNR, RCS, or emergency calling
- Experience with telephony audio systems, codecs, and tuning
- Experience designing automation or CI systems for regression detection and quality improvement
- Deep expertise in C/C++ including concurrency and performance optimization
- Familiarity with cellular protocols like SIP, SDP, MSRP, and MLS
- Experience using modern developer tools, including AI-assisted workflows
Responsibilities
- Lead engineers building core calling and messaging technologies across Apple products.
- Responsible for cellular and Wi-Fi call flows, carrier features, IMS-based services, emergency calling, diagnostics, analytics, and modem integration.
- Work closely with software, baseband, QA, carrier engineering, and product teams to deliver reliable, private, and high-quality communication experiences.
- Lead a team developing critical technologies for cellular communication and calling features.
- Set technical direction, guide architecture and design, and drive execution from early development through product shipment.
- Ownership of telephony audio quality and lab-based validation in San Diego.
- Build automation systems that improve regression detection and software quality.
- Work across complex system boundaries, debugging challenging issues, and driving improvements in quality, reliability, and engineering efficiency.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
