People at Apple don’t just build products - they craft the kind of experience that have revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. Maps enables our customers to safely and quickly navigate and explore their world, while providing them security and peace of mind to locate friends and loved ones in an instant. We transform the complex into the simple and the abstract into lived experiences. We create personalized technologies that enrich relationships and honor customer privacy as a fundamental human right. We are seeking a senior engineering leader and experienced professional to lead our navigation-location services team.

DESCRIPTION

In this role, you will be responsible for Maps Navigation Services-including the navigation engine and platform that powers the top customer use case of Apple Maps-as well as for services for location technology serving all Apple devices. Are you excited by the impact you can have on billions of customers every day? If you care deeply about building the navigation and location systems of the future, we want to talk to you! KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: Technical ownership and oversight of the Maps navigation/routing engine across all modalities. Technical ownership and oversight of location-based services for the Maps Geo Platform which provides positioning and location-based information to all Apple devices. Technical ownership of other critically-important platform services that provide Apple hardware, software and services with market-leading experiences. Employee development and mentorship. Successful managers at Apple balance both technical execution and the long-term vision for their team. They collaborate effectively with partner and product teams to define goals, set expectations, and shape roadmaps. As a leader, you will provide both technical and career mentorship, empowering your team to succeed. Strong interpersonal skills are essential for communicating technical complexities clearly to engineering partners, product management teams, and executives across Apple.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of engineering management experience, involving mentoring of individual contributors (ICs) both as engineers, but as possible future leaders.
• Experience building high-scale, low-latency systems and pipelines to process telemetry data from billions of devices.
• Comfort with ambiguity in projects and evolving requirements.
• Proven track record of developing a product vision, achieving cross-functional alignment and executing on it.
• Ability to empathize with the customer and to appreciate what makes for excellent customer experiences.
• Proven ability to translate requirements from design to implementation, both independently and within larger teams.
• Demonstrated ability to actively manage team performance and take ownership of driving outcomes.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in computer science or a related field.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters or PhD degree in computer science, mathematics or algorithms engineering.
• Professional or research-level experience with shortest-path algorithms.
• Experience with AI/ML systems, including large-scale ML models, deep learning and generative AI.
• Experience developing navigation systems across modalities such as driving, transit, walking, cycling and hiking.
• Experience with geospatial data and/or systems is a plus.
• Experience leading engineering and R&D organizations with a mix of highly-specialized research engineers along with more-traditional software engineering roles.
• Ability to lead software teams in multiple geographic locations, with direct customer impact for business-critical functionality.

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