Is Apple bringing the iPhone OS to other gadgets?

Recently on Apple’s jobs section of the website, there was a listing which says Apple are looking to recruit:

“a talented and inspired manager to lead a team focused on bring-up of iPhone OS on new platforms.”

Here’s the full listing:

Requisition Number	4929592
Job title	Engineering Manager (Platform Bring-Up)
Location	Santa Clara Valley
Country	United States
City	Cupertino
State/Province	California
Job type	Full Time
Job description

The Core Platform team within Apple’s Core OS organization is looking for a talented and inspired manager to lead a team focused on bring-up of iPhone OS on new platforms. The team is responsible for low level platform architecture, firmware, core drivers and bring-up of new hardware platforms. The team consists of talented engineers with experience in hardware, firmware, IOKit drivers, security and platform architecture.

This position requires a very technical and hands-on leader, experience in working closely with hardware team and a deep understanding of bare metal software. You must be a highly self-motivated individual who seeks to create a dynamic and creative team environment in which old problems are solved in new and innovative ways.

Job responsibilities include:
* Leadership and management of a team of talented software engineers in a fast-paced and demanding software development environment
* Working closely with the hardware and custom silicon teams to bring-up new platforms and prototype systems
* Defining the software roadmap to support a range of hardware platforms, including iPhone & iPod
* Lead the team’s assistance in requirements for future hardware and custom silicon

Required Skills and Experience
* Minimum of 5 years experience managing a software development team
* Experience on working on drivers, kernel and firmware software technologies and direct experience developing on and for the Unix operating system
* Understanding of SoC level design
* Evidence of driving technical innovation
* Strong communication skills
* Bachelor’s or Masters degree in computer science or related field

Additional Success Factors
* Experience with Mac OS X or iPhone development
* Previous bring-up of mobile platforms running Unix like operating systems
* Experience with ARM based SoC’s

Could this be proof that Apple’s latest creation, the iPad, is not going to be the last non-iPhone gadget that will run what has only been known as the ‘The iPhone OS’?

Are there any gadgets you’d like to see the iPhones popular operating system being used on?

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