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Display Feature Architect

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)$129.3k - $225.3kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Cross-functional display technology architect responsible for envisioning, defining, architecting, and implementing complex next-generation display features that span hardware, firmware, software, and silicon, with direct customer impact. Collaborates with EE, software, firmware, system and silicon teams and engages with internal partners to understand and serve customer requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Develops complex display features and subsystems spanning hardware, pixel pipeline, firmware, and software from concept through delivery
  • Define HW/FW/SW system architectures including interfaces and interactions, silicon definition, integration with other subsystems, display timing, communication flows, and programmables
  • Develop and author high-quality and thorough engineering requirements and specifications for cross-functional teams
  • Perform detailed engineering analysis and design in interdisciplinary teams to bridge the gap between theory and implementation
  • Conceptualize, investigate, and drive new display technologies and features through independent research, prototyping, modeling, and demos
  • Support design implementations and prototypes at the hardware, firmware, and software levels as well as in the factory
  • Define performance metrics and requirements considering power, performance, human perception, and customer experience requirements
  • Envision novel ideas, concepts, and applications that will propel our displays to new levels of quality and performance

Qualifications

  • Minimum requirement of a bachelor’s degree
  • Master’s or Ph.D. in a related field with a minimum of 5 years relevant industry experience
  • Prior knowledge of display and touch hardware design, particularly with OLED
  • Expertise in firmware or software development
  • Prior experience in advanced system modeling
  • Strong electrical, computer, and software engineering fundamentals, with excellent mathematical and analytical skills
  • Prior complex system design including electrical hardware, firmware, and software components
  • Strong verbal communication skills and the ability to ‘speak the languages’ of hardware, software, firmware, and the customer
  • Excellent written skills for developing specifications, proposing and presenting solutions, and reporting data in a clear and concise way
  • A passion for delivering world-class display features to our customers

Skills

Required:Display hardware designFirmware or software developmentSystem modelingElectrical engineering fundamentalsVerbal communicationWritten communication

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • Possibility of discretionary bonuses or commission payments
  • Relocation assistance
  • Employee stock programs including RSUs and stock purchase plan
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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