Apple
Location Software Engineer
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Geomatics, or other engineering discipline.
About the job
Develop and support GNSS positioning software and cloud systems that deliver aiding data, improving location accuracy and reliability across Apple devices and environments.
What you'll do
- Improve GNSS position estimation and develop aiding and corrections data delivery systems.
- Monitor and maintain the quality and availability of GNSS aiding data; develop and debug software across large device fleets.
- Manage technical relationships with external data vendors and partners.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Geomatics, or another engineering discipline.
- Software development experience in C++.
- Knowledge of statistics and random processes, with experience applying them to physical-system sensor data.
- Experience with GNSS, such as position estimation, satellite orbits/ephemerides, or atmospheric error modeling.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of state estimation techniques, such as Kalman filtering; experience with GNSS measurements in challenged environments.
- Experience using AI within the engineering process or developing software for cloud services.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 (base salary)
Tools
C++, GNSS
AI focus
Experience using AI within the engineering process is preferred; no specific AI development work is described.
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