Software Development Engineer, Vision Products Software

Summary

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 other’s 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. It’s 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, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something.

Apple Vision Pro is a revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with your physical space. It will allow us to do the things we love in ways never before possible — all while staying connected to the people around us.

The Vision Products Group (VPG) is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us push the limits of the next generation of interactive and immersive experiences on our platform. This team is working with some of Apple’s most advanced technologies including spatial computing, augmented reality (AR), ARKit and Metal, to create ground-breaking new products. As a member of our creative organization, you will have the uniquely rewarding opportunity to craft future products that will delight and inspire millions of people every single day.

Description

Apple makes the newest technologies accessible to create amazing and delightful user experiences. You will have the opportunity to work in a team enhancing the system experience and developing system-level frameworks and technologies and enabling these 3D interactive experiences, in close collaboration with creative teams across Apple and VPG. The candidate for this role will be comfortable working in a dynamic and creative environment.

Engineers are expected to work quickly and smartly to help determine the viability of ideas and technologies. You will partner with our extraordinary team of technologists, artists, and designers and work closely with organizations across Apple (Human Interface, Applications, Frameworks, etc.) to design, architect, and implement applications, frameworks, and experiences that will delight, inspire, and empower millions of people every day.

If you like challenges and are passionate about building user-facing and volumetric experiences for Apple Vision Pro and visionOS, then this is the place for you!

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science OR equivalent degree OR equivalent experience
• At least 3 years of relevant experience
• Proficient development experience in C++ and Objective-C
• Understanding of system architecture, IPC, TCP/IP networking
• Experience with AV streaming applications
• Detail-oriented approach to solving problems and building new things
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience delivering high quality, performant and hardware specific software to end users

Preferred Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Computer Science OR equivalent degree
• Experience writing optimized code using e.g. profiling tools, SIMD, compute, etc
• Experience writing multi-threaded code
• Experience with Swift
• Strong technical experience on multiple platforms (e.g. macOS, iOS, Windows, etc)
• AR/VR or 3D real-time applications programming experience

Key skills/competency

• C++
• Objective-C
• System Architecture
• IPC
• TCP/IP Networking
• AV Streaming
• Spatial Computing
• Augmented Reality
• ARKit
• Metal