Apple
Data Center Hardware Engineering - Hardware System Integration Engineer
Austin, Texas · Full-time · Posted Jul 7, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years required; 12+ years preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Owns the hardware engineering lifecycle for high-performance compute platforms, from design and bring-up through validation and mass-production support.
What you'll do
- Lead system design, schematic capture, board-layout guidance, and design-constraint management.
- Perform signal-integrity simulation, hardware bring-up, debug, and high-speed interface validation.
- Develop specifications and validation documentation; support factory builds, sustaining engineering, and root-cause analysis.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
- 7+ years of relevant industry work experience in hardware or systems engineering.
- Expertise with named low- and high-speed digital interfaces; circuit-design experience across power, digital, analog, high-speed communications, and programmable logic.
- Hardware bring-up/debug experience, high-speed PCB design with 10+ layer boards, and proficiency with Cadence tools or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Hands-on high-speed serial protocol experience, including compliance testing and protocol-analyzer debug.
- Python or similar scripting experience; vendor/ODM/CM engagement; computer architecture familiarity; or a master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
Tools
I2C/SMBus, SPI, JTAG, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, Cadence
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