Apple Hiring for iPhone

[Ashley Aitken]

I'm sorry I don't know where to post any more in current set of  
threads (so I thought I would confuse things more and start another  
one ;-)

Here's an interesting job post from jobs.apple.com:

> Requisition Number
> 2886570
> Job Title
> Bluetooth/WiFi SW Engineer - iPhone
> Location
> Santa Clara Valley
> Country
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> City
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> State/Province
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> Job Type
> Full Time
> Job Description
> The first 30 years were just the beginning. Welcome to 2007.
>
> The iPod Engineering Division has a strong history of designing  
> evolutionary consumer electronics that have touched millions and  
> changed the way people listen to music. The iPhone is the next step  
> in that evolutionary process.

I guess they'll change the name of the "iPod Engineering Division" to  
"Consumer Appliance Engineering Division" or something similar.

>
> The iPhone team is seeking a highly motivated Embedded SW Engineer  
> to develop middleware and low-level drivers for Bluetooth and WiFi  
> enabled products. You will be challenged with unique problems and  
> with creating and developing software solutions for the current and  
> next generation of iPhones.

Next generation of iPhones!

>
> Required Experience:
> • Minimum of a BS in EE, CS, or CE
> • Experience developing in embedded system environments.
> • Strong C and C++ coding skills with system level development  
> experience
> • Experience designing for low power and/or hand-held devices
> • A desire to learn new things and be challenged everyday

As an aside, I like that one!

> • Track record of delivering high quality products -- commercial,  
> personal, or open-source.
>
> Additional Success Factors:
> • 5+ years of development experience
> • Proven system architecture design skills
> • Solid problem solving and debugging skills
> • MacOS X / IOKit driver development experience

This is probably for developing drivers on Mac OS X.

> • Mach IPC and/or Mach Server design experience

This is probably for on the iPhone?  It has the Mach kernel?

> • Existing WiFi and/or Bluetooth protocol stack experience
> • Familiarity with overall architecture of consumer electronics
> • Solid understanding of embedded hardware platforms (ARM  
> processors, SDIO, UARTs, etc)

Most likely an ARM processor.

Cheers,
Ashley.