Car Experience Partner Engineer - Embedded systems, Wireless Tech and Ecosystems
Apple· Software and Services
Beijingfull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Be the technical link between Apple’s engineering teams and automotive partners to integrate CarPlay and other iOS car integration features into vehicles, ensuring high end-customer quality through embedded systems expertise and cross‑functional collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Integration and debugging support of Apple’s embedded software libraries and integration SDKs.
- Guidance for system bring-up on automotive Linux and/or Android platforms.
- Driving joint initiatives with automotive partners, including system design reviews, requirement alignments, and hands-on debugging workshops.
- Providing technical integration directions, clarifying specifications, and handling critical development escalations from OEMs.
- Assessing external usability concepts, providing constructive design feedback, and championing Apple's standards for great user experiences.
- Contributing to technical requirements and integration guidelines to scale our partner support.
- Regular travel to partner engineering centers and testing facilities may be required to support integration milestones.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in embedded software engineering, SDK development, or automotive systems integration.
- Experience writing production-quality code in C, C++, or Java.
- Experience troubleshooting complex embedded systems, ideally in areas of automotive systems.
- Experience analyzing complex communication logs and reproducing network or interoperability issues.
- Experience using agentic AI in code development, issue analysis, and reporting.
- Experience utilizing audio and video media codecs, handling streaming content, or routing audio/video inside embedded systems.
- Experience taking end-to-end ownership of a feature, product, or protocol from design to release.
- Experience engaging directly with external vendors, clients, or cross-functional teams to drive technical initiatives.
- Proficiency in written and spoken English and Mandarin.
Skills
Required:Embedded software engineeringSDK developmentC/C++/JavaLinux/Android bring-upSystem bring-up and debuggingVendor/customer engagement
Last updated Aug 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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