Battery Management & Charging Software Engineer - Energy Technologies

Battery Management & Charging Software Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services

Do you have a passion for cutting edge battery and charging technologies? An interest in enabling power technologies that are fundamental to lighting up our products and equip them to deliver fantastic user experiences? Our systems have increasingly demanding power requirements, including supplying advanced system features & capabilities, enabling fast charging, providing power to external peripherals and more!

In this unique and highly visible role, working with other software and system teams, you will define, develop and seek to enable powering our products and allowing them to interoperate in a broad ecosystem; aiming to invent a roadmap of scalable solutions across various product families and power interfaces.

We're looking for an exceptional engineer with cross-disciplinary skills to help design and implement battery management, charging and wired power capabilities across a majority of our product portfolio. This position requires high level thinking to architect robust software solutions, along with excellent communications and leadership skills, with the ability to work in a fast paced environment. Expect to be hands-on with hardware prototypes and to become an expert in complex system debug. Plan to partner with a cross-functional team of system architects, electrical engineers, system software engineers, and many other functional software engineering teams to perfect the next generation of Apple products.

Responsibilities

• Develop C/C++ code in embedded FW and/or OS under tight schedules and resource constraints
• Enable the necessary telemetry to support debuggability and key insights
• Troubleshoot issues that arise during early bring-up through sustaining
• Engage with diverse cross-functional team members to drive design and implementation
• Contribute to the evolution of the battery / charging / wired power technologies
• Develop tools and tests to aid in day-to-day activities

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong embedded software engineering skills, understanding of operating systems and knowledge of C/C++
• Genuine passion for system engineering, hardware/software integration, and obsession over delightful customer experience with products
• Consistent track record of successful and timely software product delivery with complex dependencies
• Highly professional and collaborative with outstanding communication and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with HW-SW interfaces and communication protocols like I2C, SPI, SPMI, etc.
• Familiarity with battery management systems (BMS), charging control and power management software
• Familiarity with power management software or consumer electronics charging technologies like USB Power Delivery or BC 1.2
• Experience resolving complex system-level issues, at the hardware and software boundary, by working in highly collaborative settings across engineering domains
• Experience with bring-up of new hardware and technologies
• Genuine curiosity about how things work
• High attention to detail

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $147,400 and $220,900, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.