Apple
Hardware System Integration Electrical Engineer - Mac
$129K–$225K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with industry-level practical experience (preferred).
About the job
Owns electrical subsystem design and integration for MacBook Air, from schematic design and validation through factory builds and mass production.
What you'll do
- Design, simulate, debug, and validate electrical subsystems, including schematic design and PCB integration.
- Present subsystem proposals and tradeoffs, lead technical discussions, and build alignment through design reviews.
- Support manufacturing and operations through factory builds, resolve production issues, and implement improvements to quality and manufacturability.
What they ask for
- Understanding of design, validation, and debugging for common and high-speed interfaces, including I2C, SPI, JTAG, I2S, USB, PCIe, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, and DDR.
- Experience with schematic capture and constraint-driven PCB design using Cadence Allegro/OrCAD or equivalent EDA tools.
- Experience with numerical modeling, simulation, and analysis tools, including SPICE, 2D/3D field solvers, and power and signal integrity analysis.
- Experience with data analysis, visualization, and scripting for engineering workflows; strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with industry-level practical experience.
- Circuit design, advanced PCB layout, or electrical validation and debug experience using tools such as high-speed oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, BERTs, and protocol analyzers.
Pay
$129,300 and $225,300 (USD, base salary)
Tools
I2C, SPI, JTAG, I2S, USB, PCIe, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt
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