Software Power Systems Engineer
Apple
Software Engineering
Cupertino, CA, USA
USD 147,400-272,100 / year + Equity
Posted on Aug 27, 2025
If you are passionate about energy efficiency, shaping the future of Apple’s software, and want to gain deep insights into the inner workings of Apple’s operating systems and services. 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, ensuring they are optimized for energy efficiency. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to analyze how system services and features consume power and collaborate to make improvements that preserve battery life without compromising performance or user experience. Our mission is to innovate continuously in the area of energy efficiency, enabling developers to build powerful apps on a robust platform—while helping our customers get the most out of every charge. The energy savings you help achieve will contribute to a better experience for our users and a more sustainable planet!
As a 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 across multiple Apple platforms. Your work will directly influence how features are designed and implemented to be energy efficient at scale. You’ll also have the opportunity to refine existing APIs or design new ones with power efficiency in mind—enabling developers to build more efficient applications. You’ll also contribute to the development of tools and frameworks to triage power-related issues, and analyze large-scale analytics data to identify trends and hotspots affecting battery life.
- Work cross-functionally with other teams at Apple to understand, model, and optimize the power impact of their software features
- Implement telemetry to understand the impact of various features
- Drive critical power optimizations to deliver battery life and thermal savings to customers
- Debug and resolve power issues as they arise internally and in the field
- Deep understanding of operating systems and software architecture
- Experience working with many cross-functional teams
- Ability to independently learn new technologies, prototype and design software solutions
- Excellent debugging skills to tackle challenging problems
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills
- Mobile Application Development experience
- Strong understanding of iOS frameworks/services
- Strong coding skills, preferably in C/C++/Objective C/SwiftUI
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