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Senior Software Power Systems Engineer

Apple

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Location
San Diego, CA
Schedule
Full-time
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Job overview

The Senior Software Power Systems Engineer will optimize battery usage across Apple software layers and platforms. The role owns power efficiency for assigned areas, influences energy-efficient feature design, refines or creates APIs, develops tools and frameworks for triaging power issues, and analyzes large-scale analytics data to identify battery-life trends and hotspots. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams to improve energy efficiency while preserving performance and user experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems Software Engineering, requiredOperating Systems, requiredSoftware Architecture, requiredCross-Functional Collaboration, requiredInfluencing Design Decisions, requiredIndependent Learning, requiredPrototyping, requiredSoftware Solution Design, requiredDebugging, nice to haveRoot Cause Analysis, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveMobile Application Development, nice to haveiOS Frameworks, nice to haveiOS Services, nice to haveC, nice to haveC++, nice to haveObjective-C, nice to haveSwift, nice to haveLarge-Scale Analytics, nice to haveTelemetry, nice to have

Qualifications

5+ Years Systems Software Engineering Experience, required

Full job description

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200694630-3543

Summary

If you’re passionate about energy efficiency and want to shape how Apple’s operating systems and services are designed, this is the role for you. In this role, you’ll play a key part in influencing the design and implementation of Apple’s latest features and technologies, making sure they’re built for energy efficiency. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to analyze how system services and features consume power, and lead the improvements that preserve battery life without compromising performance or user experience. Our mission is to innovate continuously in energy efficiency, enabling developers to build powerful apps on a robust platform while helping customers get the most out of every charge. The energy savings you help deliver will improve the experience for our users and contribute to a more sustainable planet.

Description

As a senior member of the Software Power Systems team, you’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to optimize battery usage across all layers of the software stack and multiple Apple platforms. You’ll own power efficiency for your areas, influencing how features are designed and implemented to be energy efficient at scale. You’ll refine existing APIs or design new ones with power efficiency in mind, enabling developers to build more efficient applications. You’ll also drive the development of tools and frameworks to triage power issues, and analyze large-scale analytics data to identify trends and hotspots affecting battery life.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in systems software engineering

  • Deep understanding of operating systems and software architecture

  • Experience working with many cross-functional teams and influencing their design decisions

  • Ability to independently learn new technologies, prototype and design software solutions

Preferred Qualifications

  • Excellent debugging skills, with experience root-causing challenging problems that span multiple layers of the stack

  • Excellent spoken and written communication skills

  • Mobile application development experience

  • Strong understanding of iOS frameworks and services

  • Strong coding skills, preferably in C, C++, Objective-C or Swift

  • Experience with large-scale analytics and telemetry

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.

How this job compares

Set against the 38,872 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$163–243K/yr6,926 salary ranges
  • California median$47–67/hr129 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 8,509 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 38,872 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (32,117 postings).
Education
12,029 of the 38,872 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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