Apple
Phone System Design Engineer - Power Modeling
$116K–$195K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 8, 2026
- Education
- Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
About the job
Develops and validates iPhone system power models across product development to inform battery-life and thermal design and identify power-saving opportunities.
What you'll do
- Publish system-level power estimates for customer usage scenarios and support battery-life and thermal design discussions.
- Own system-level power validation; analyze next-generation hardware and conduct hands-on lab investigations to debug power issues.
- Improve power modeling and validation methods throughout the iPhone development cycle.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
- Knowledge of system architecture power and performance metrics for computer technologies (CPU, GPU, memory, radio), battery-powered devices, and power electronics.
- Hands-on lab experience with multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, analog circuits, and prototype rework.
- Proficiency in automation, programming, and scripting (e.g. Matlab or Python), including processing and analyzing large datasets.
Nice to have
- Relevant experience in consumer hardware or electronics industries; hardware/software power analysis and optimization experience.
- Familiarity with battery modeling and management, feedback and control systems, statistical tools for field data analysis, or LLM based tools.
Pay
$115,773 and $194,700 annualized (base salary)
Tools
Matlab, Python, CPU, GPU, memory, radio, multimeters, oscilloscopes
AI focus
Familiarity with LLM based tools is preferred; the role’s AI work is not otherwise specified.
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