Apple
Data Center Hardware Engineering - Hardware System Integration Engineer
$129K–$195K
Sunnyvale, California · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 1+ years relevant industry work experience.
- Education
- BS in electrical or computer engineering required; MS preferred.
About the job
Designs, integrates, documents, and validates customized high-performance compute hardware from initial design through mass production.
What you'll do
- Own electrical implementation, documentation, and validation of customized compute designs.
- Perform electrical design tasks including schematic capture, board-layout guidance, simulation, bringup, debug, and validation.
- Support factory builds and collaborate across engineering teams.
What they ask for
- BS in electrical or computer engineering.
- Minimum 1+ years relevant industry work experience.
- Working knowledge of design and validation requirements for listed low-speed and high-speed digital interfaces, including I2C/SMBus, SPI, JTAG, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, and DDR Memory.
- Strong system-to-transistor-level debugging skills and written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
Nice to have
- MS preferred.
- High-speed board design experience, Cadence tools or similar, PCB bringup/debug, high-speed serial protocols, circuit design, or automation scripting.
Pay
$129,300 and $194,700 (base salary)
Tools
I2C/SMBus, SPI, JTAG, USB, PCIe, Ethernet (SGMII, RMII, QSFP), DDR Memory, Cadence
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