Apple
Hardware Systems Design & Integration Engineer - AirPods
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Aug 22, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience designing electronics and/or embedded systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent directly-related work experience.
About the job
Owns system hardware design and integration for AirPods, from architecture and PCB/flex design through validation and high-volume production.
What you'll do
- Drive electrical architecture decisions and own schematic design, layout direction, and design reviews for rigid PCBs and flexible circuits.
- Bring up, debug, and validate prototypes; define manufacturing test requirements and support production ramp.
- Lead cross-disciplinary investigations, communicate technical trade-offs, and mentor peers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent directly-related work experience.
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience designing electronics and/or embedded systems.
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals, including analog and digital design, signal integrity, and power integrity.
- Hands-on electronic-system prototyping, bring-up, debug, and validation; proficiency with lab instrumentation.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in PCB and flex design, including schematic and layout.
- Experience taking hardware toward mass production, with design validation, contract manufacturing, or mentoring experience.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
rigid PCBs, flexible circuits, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, frequency counters
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