Apple
Power Control Systems Architect - Platform Architecture
$216K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 20+ years of relevant industry experience (preferred).
- Education
- BS degree; MS or PhD in ME, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or equivalent, preferred.
About the job
Leads the architecture and development of power-control systems that balance battery life, thermal limits, and performance across Apple products.
What you'll do
- Define and evolve power-control architecture; design algorithms for battery, thermal, and performance constraints across multiple timescales.
- Guide algorithm implementation through embedded deployment and analyze real-world power/performance data to improve controls.
- Review control-system designs, mentor engineers, and help set team technical direction.
What they ask for
- BS degree.
- Experience with one or more of Matlab/Simulink, C/C++, Bash, and/or Python.
- Experience with control-system design in at least one listed area: classical or modern control theory, system identification, estimation theory, signal processing, or multi-timescale constraint handling.
- Experience with AI tools.
Nice to have
- MS or PhD in ME, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or equivalent.
- Experience implementing embedded control systems or applying data-driven or machine-learning methods to power allocation, predictive analytics, or constraint prediction.
Pay
USD $216,200 to $324,800 base salary
Tools
Matlab/Simulink, C/C++, Bash, Python
AI focus
The role explores predictive and data-driven approaches, including machine-learning-informed power allocation; experience with AI tools is required.
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