Internship - Core OS
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Students
Are you a big-picture thinker who loves setting ambitious goals? Do you have a passion for understanding how each line of code affects all the others? In the Core Operating Systems group ensuring the OS is inseparable from each device’s identity as a whole. That’s because this group is committed to building fully integrated operating systems that combine hardware, software, and apps into a single Apple experience. Your dedication to cross-disciplinary collaboration will help develop groundbreaking technologies, such as iOS, macOS, watchOS, VisionOS and tvOS. By crafting these distinct, holistic user experiences, you’ll continue to uphold and advance the excellence people expect from Apple devices.
We are working to take the build and test process of the low-level components of iOS, macOS, watchOS, VisionOS and tvOS to the next level (think kernel and low-level libraries). We don’t have all of the answers on how to do that yet, perhaps you do? We are exploring, measuring and trying new things. We are responsible for validating nearly a quarter of all changes that go into our OS releases and affect 1 billion+ customers, so this isn’t just a theoretical exercise. We won’t be satisfied with anything less than outstanding.
Description
Your responsibilities will include developing a good understanding of ongoing development efforts across the operating systems teams; working alongside OS developers to evaluate comprehensive test plans, maintaining and extending automated test harnesses and infrastructures; writing automated tests and generally enabling an increased quality and quantity of test coverage for various parts of the OS.
Minimum Qualifications
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Unix operating system test development experience (macOS or iOS development experience is a huge plus)
- Debugging skills: Ability to examine debug out and recognize patterns in failures
- Interpersonal skills: Able to relay critical information between stakeholders for rapid resolution of issues
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Solid understanding of the fundamentals of operating systems