Sr. System Software Engineer, Apple Data Centers

Apple • Seattle, WA

2h

About The Position

The Apple Cloud Engineering team is looking for an exceptional software engineer
to create highly performant and energy efficient systems that will power the
next generation of data centers. We’re looking for an engineer who can build and
use models of our Data Centers to inform critical architectural decisions, who
can write code for power and thermal management systems, and who can effectively
lead and participate in cross-functional requirements engineering efforts during
early architecture phases of development. If you are interested in working at
the intersection of hardware and software for large scale, high visibility, and
high impact projects, then this role will be exciting for you.

You will work cross-functionally with architecture, platform design, SOC
architects, and software teams to develop and integrate best in class hardware,
software and services. You will be responsible for architecting, developing, and
on-boarding other engineers to maintain system software that powers next
generation of data centers. As a member of the team, you will participate in all
stages of software development, from new feature design and implementation, to
maintenance and bug fixing of released code. You will build models for data
center power and thermal systems that can inform critical architectural
decisions. You will also use those models to ensure system functionality, verify
requirements, understand failure modes, and ensure operation within defined
limits.

Requirements

• 7+ years of industry experience as a system software developer
• Experience with tools used in systems dynamics or systems engineering fields such as JMP, Matlab, Simulink, Cameo, or equivalent
• Expertise in C, C++, Objective-C, or Swift
• Strong understanding of OS architecture and systems programming fundamentals
• Proficient at debugging complex interdisciplinary systems
• Experience with requirements engineering
• Excellent communication skills
• Creative, collaborative, and product-focused
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Formal training in systems engineering
• Experience with distributed systems including leader election
• Data center power systems development experience
• Control systems development including transfer function development experience
• Experience working with factory processes and system bring-up
• Experience in calculating total cost of ownership (TCO)
• Strong understanding of infrastructure and platform system reliability calculations and fault domains
• Experience with hardware resource planning
• Experience with hardware deployment models
• Experience with Apple development tools
• Experience presenting architectural concepts and designs to executives
• Passion for software architecture, APIs and high performance extensible software.
• Passion for hardware and maximizing it’s efficiency, performance, and overall utility through thoughtful software architecture

Responsibilities

• Architecting, developing, and on-boarding other engineers to maintain system software that powers next generation of data centers
• Participate in all stages of software development, from new feature design and implementation, to maintenance and bug fixing of released code
• Build models for data center power and thermal systems that can inform critical architectural decisions
• Use models to ensure system functionality, verify requirements, understand failure modes, and ensure operation within defined limits

What This Job Offers

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