Apple
Data Center Hardware Engineering - Hardware System Integration Engineer
$185K–$325K
Sunnyvale, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 16, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years required; 10+ 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 specification and schematic design through validation, factory builds, and mass production.
What you'll do
- Lead system design and schematic capture; perform signal integrity simulation, board bring-up, and hardware debug.
- Develop specifications, validation procedures, and integration documentation; validate high-speed digital interfaces.
- Coordinate across engineering teams and support factory builds and sustaining engineering.
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.
- Working knowledge of specified low- and high-speed digital interfaces, including I2C/SMBus, SPI, JTAG, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, and DDR.
- Broad circuit design experience and experience with PCB bring-up, lab equipment, and complex hardware debugging.
Nice to have
- High-speed PCB design experience with 10+ layer boards and proficiency with Cadence tools or equivalent.
- Hands-on high-speed serial protocol experience, scripting experience, or a master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
I2C/SMBus, SPI, JTAG, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, Cadence
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