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Mac Hardware System Design Engineer Intern (AI Tools for Hardware Engineering)

Apple· Hardware
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Hybrid (Shanghai)internPosted 2w ago

About the role

Internship role at Apple’s System Hardware Engineering Team to design and implement internal AI-powered tools that accelerate hardware design, testing, and analysis workflows, blending AI, software, and hardware engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Design and prototype AI-driven tools that support hardware engineers in data analysis, test automation, and debugging workflows.
  • Implement backend services in Python and frontend interfaces in TypeScript (React/Next.js).
  • Integrate databases (SQL, vector databases) for data storage, search, and retrieval.
  • Explore AI/ML workflows (embeddings, retrieval, summarization, code assistance).
  • Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to translate requirements into working tools.
  • Write clear documentation, tests, and deployment scripts.

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related fields.
  • Proficiency in Python with type hints and TypeScript (comfortable reading and writing code).
  • Basic knowledge of web development (HTTP, REST APIs, frontend frameworks).
  • Hands-on deployment experience with either AWS (ECS/Fargate, RDS, ElastiCache, S3, etc.) or GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Memorystore, Cloud Storage)
  • Strong problem-solving skills and curiosity to learn.
  • Able to commit to a minimum 4 months full-time internship (preference for 6 months).
  • Good written and spoken English communication skills.
  • Experience with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., Hugging Face, LangChain, TensorFlow/PyTorch, or LLM APIs).
  • Familiarity with at least one of FastAPI, Flask, Django or Node.js for web backend development.
  • Hands-on knowledge of React/Next.js for web frontend development.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, or vector databases (e.g., Qdrant, Pinecone, FAISS).
  • Interest in system hardware engineering workflows (test automation, data analysis, hardware validation).
  • Enthusiastic, self-driven, and comfortable working in a collaborative engineering environment.

Skills

Required:PythonTypeScriptWeb developmentAWS / GCP deployment
Nice to have:AI/ML frameworksBackend frameworksFrontend frameworksDatabases
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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