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Location Software Engineer

Apple

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Location
San Diego, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The location software engineer develops and enhances multi-sensor navigation technology for location-aware mobile experiences. The role designs, develops, debugs, and supports location software focused on multi-sensor radionavigation, and collaborates on performance qualification and commercialization across hardware families. It also designs data structures, threading models, business logic, and system architectures, while optimizing the performance, robustness, and scalability of location services.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

C++ or Java, requiredObject-Oriented Programming, requiredDesign Patterns, requiredReal-Time Software Design, requiredCommunication, nice to haveLearning New Techniques, nice to haveNavigation Technologies, nice to haveLinux, nice to haveStatistics, nice to haveStatistical Data Analysis, nice to haveMathematical Algorithms, nice to haveBookkeeping Schemes, nice to haveTeam Collaboration, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science or Related Field, required

Full job description

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200692268-3543

Summary

Develop and enhance multi-sensor navigation technology as a location software engineer. Craft the next generation of location-aware mobile experiences by working on state-of-the-art technologies to seamlessly integrate people’s digital and physical lives. Are you passionate about building technology that will make a difference? Do you flourish with good creative challenges? Do you love attention to detail? If so, we might just be the team for you.

Description

Here at Apple, we build devices and services that enrich our customers’ lives. In the location technologies group, we help people connect: with each other, and with our planet. We reach more than a billion people. We help them find their way, and we help them find each other. Every single day, our customers use more than 5,000 years of location services, so what we do and how we do it makes a difference. Join our team, and we’ll help you do the best work of your life. If you join our team, you’ll design, develop, debug, and support location software with a focus on multi-sensor radionavigation technology. You’ll collaborate to qualify performance and support commercialization for hundreds of millions of users on multiple hardware families. You’ll design and implement data structures, threading models, business logic, and system architectures in support of location services. You’ll also optimize performance, robustness, and scalability of new and existing services.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Proficient in C++ or Java

  • Proficient in modern object-oriented programming concepts and design patterns -Proficient in efficient, real-time software design

  • Applicants should have a PhD, Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ability to communicate effectively

  • Eager to learn new techniques and experiment with cutting-edge navigation technologies

  • Familiar with Linux-based operating systems

  • Familiar with statistics concepts and statistical data analysis

  • Comfortable implementing complex mathematical algorithms and bookkeeping schemes

  • Comfortable working with a development team on a large body of code

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 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$165–249K/yr7,770 salary ranges
  • California median$46–65/hr158 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,674 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 41,554 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (34,072 postings).
Education
13,032 of the 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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