Apple job listing points to new iPhone OS devices

A new job posting on Apple’s website suggests the company is looking to expand the range of devices running iPhone OS beyond the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The listing for a “Platform Bring-Up” Engineering Manager says the company’s Core Platform team is “looking for a talented and inspired manager to lead a team focused on bring-up of iPhone OS on new platforms.” According to the listing, the team is “responsible for low level platform architecture, firmware, core drivers and bring-up of new hardware platforms,” and consists of “engineers with experience in hardware, firmware, IOKit drivers, security and platform architecture.” Job responsibilities of the position include “[w]orking closely with the hardware and custom silicon teams to bring-up new platforms and prototype systems” and “[d]efining the software roadmap to support a range of hardware platforms, including iPhone & iPod.”