Apple
Hardware Systems Engineer
$129K–$225K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of relevant industry experience focused on hardware system design.
- Education
- BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering required.
About the job
Designs, integrates, validates, and brings electrical hardware systems for future Apple products from prototype through production.
What you'll do
- Own electrical architecture and implementation; create schematics and layouts for constrained multilayer PCBs.
- Lead prototype bring-up, debugging, verification, electrical characterization, and design validation.
- Analyze factory data and manufacturing issues, driving root-cause analysis and corrective actions before high-volume production.
What they ask for
- BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- 2+ years of relevant industry experience focused on hardware system design.
- Strong EE fundamentals, including DC/DC conversion, power and signal integrity, and analog/digital design; hands-on electrical design experience.
- Proficiency with standard interfaces including PCIe, USB, I2C, Thunderbolt, SPI, UART, and HDMI; working knowledge of PCB/flex layout and CAD tools; hands-on lab equipment experience.
Nice to have
- Experience taking consumer electronics designs from concept to mass production.
- Deep expertise in CPU, GPU, or RF design; scripting and statistical data analysis/visualization experience is also a plus.
Pay
$129,300 and $225,300 USD base salary
Tools
PCIe, USB, I2C, Thunderbolt, SPI, UART, HDMI, JMP
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