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Panel Design Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Cupertino, CA$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Apple seeks a world-class circuit design engineer to design, develop, and launch next-generation display panel technologies. The role includes owning a display panel from concept to mass production, architecting and developing panel circuits (pixels, driving circuits, and on-panel designs), circuit layout/optimization, modeling and validation, AI-assisted design tools, and cross-functional collaboration across EE/Silicon, Touch, Sensing, Mechanical/Product Design, and external vendors.

Responsibilities

  • Display panel architecture scoping and definition
  • Display pixel and panel design, layout and parasitic parameter extraction
  • Display pixel and panel modeling, characterization, and validation
  • Failure mode analysis, root cause investigation, and problem solving for mass-production display development
  • Integration of new transistor technologies into display panel circuits
  • Contribute to the development of custom AI-assisted tools for circuit and layout analysis
  • Collaboration with EE/Silicon teams for definition of signal interfaces and new compensation blocks required to drive display panel
  • Collaboration with Touch teams to design touch sensors and model/analyze touch-display coexistence
  • Collaborate with Sensing teams for integration of sensors behind display panels
  • Collaboration with Mechanical Engineering/Product Design teams on panel peripheral circuit and border design for narrow-border display technology
  • Collaboration with external vendors for display manufacturing
  • International business travel to support project implementation
  • BS degree and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
  • Strong command of Electrical Engineering circuit design fundamentals (analog and digital)
  • Experience with Cadence/Virtuoso modeling and simulation
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience in technical knowledge of displays or related electronics
  • Experience in display pixel, gate driver designs
  • Understanding of Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs) and display panel process
  • Experience in characterizing electrical performance of electrical circuits
  • Experience in integrating AI and AI agents in circuit design/analysis workflows

Qualifications

  • BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
  • Strong command of Electrical Engineering circuit design fundamentals (analog and digital)
  • Experience with Cadence/Virtuoso modeling and simulation
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience in technical knowledge of displays or related electronics
  • Experience in display pixel, gate driver designs
  • Understanding of Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs) and display panel process
  • Experience in characterizing electrical performance of electrical circuits
  • Experience in integrating AI and AI agents in circuit design/analysis workflows

Skills

Required:Electrical engineering fundamentals (analog and digital)Cadence/Virtuoso modeling and simulationDisplay pixel and gate driver designThin-Film Transistor (TFT) knowledgeCommunication
Nice to have:AI in circuit design/analysis workflows

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • range of discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments (eligibility varies)
  • relocation support (eligibility varies)
  • Apple Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • discretionary employee stock unit awards
Last updated Aug 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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