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Data Center Hardware Engineering — Hardware System Integration Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (Austin, TX)Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Hardware System Integration Engineer role within Apple’s Data Center Hardware Engineering team, focusing on end-to-end hardware lifecycle for high-performance server compute designs—from specification and schematic capture through board bring-up, validation, and factory build support—collaborating across mechanical, power, software, firmware, silicon, manufacturing, and reliability groups to deliver customized compute platforms at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Hardware system design and schematic capture for server main logic boards and companion boards, including board layout guidance and design constraint management
  • Perform signal integrity simulation, board bring-up, and hands-on debug from the system level down to the component or circuit level
  • Develop and maintain functional specifications, validation plans and procedures, and integration documentation for complex system designs
  • Execute validation of high-speed digital interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, USB, DDR, and others), including compliance testing and protocol analysis
  • Partner cross-functionally with mechanical, firmware, software, silicon, manufacturing, and reliability teams to balance design tradeoffs and meet program requirements
  • Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and factory builds, including travel to overseas build sites, and sustaining engineering activities through mass production
  • Drive issues to root cause through systematic debugging using standard EE lab instrumentation (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, DMM)
  • Apply DFM/DFT/DFA principles throughout the design cycle to support reliable, cost-effective manufacturability at scale

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
  • 3+ years of relevant industry work experience in hardware or systems engineering
  • Working knowledge of common low-speed and high-speed digital interfaces: I2C/SMBus, SPI, JTAG, USB, PCIe, Ethernet (SGMII, RMII, QSFP), and DDR memory
  • Broad circuit design experience across multiple domains: power, digital, analog, high-speed communications, and/or programmable logic
  • Experience with PCB bring-up and characterization using standard EE lab equipment (soldering, DMM, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer)
  • Demonstrated ability to debug complex hardware issues from the system level down to the circuit level
  • Outstanding written, verbal, and visual communication skills, with experience producing functional specs, integration procedures, and technical documentation
  • High-speed PCB design experience with 10+ layer boards, including PCB material selection and stack-up definition
  • Proficiency with schematic entry and high-speed PCB layout constraint management using Cadence tools or equivalent
  • Hands-on PCIe, 100-GbE, USB3/USB4, or similar high-speed serial protocol experience, including compliance testing and protocol analyzer debug
  • Server or data center platform experience in board-level design, BMC/management subsystems, or rack-level integration
  • Familiarity with computer architecture concepts and hardware design tradeoffs
  • Experience scripting in Python or similar languages for test automation, data analysis, or lab instrumentation control
  • Experience engaging vendors and ODM/CM partners, including component vendors and reference design partners

Skills

Required:Schematic captureSignal integrityHigh-speed interfacesDFM/DFT/DFACadence tooling
Nice to have:PCB designPython

Benefits

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.
  • Workplace accessibility and accommodations information available on Apple careers pages.
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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