Hardware System Integration Electrical Engineer - Mac
Apple· Hardware
Cupertino, CA$129.3k - $225.3kfull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
MacBook Air hardware system integration engineer responsible for owning electrical subsystems, defining and validating electrical designs, and collaborating across cross-functional teams to optimize performance, battery life, reliability, and manufacturability within a space-constrained laptop product.
Responsibilities
- Day-to-day responsibilities include designing robust electrical subsystems and owning schematic design, simulation, debugging, and validation.
- Design Responsible Individual (DRI) for your subsystem, presenting proposals and tradeoffs to cross-functional partners, driving technical discussions, and leading design reviews.
- Own subsystem through mass production, partnering with manufacturing and operations to support factory builds, resolve line-down issues, investigate manufacturing issues and yield excursions, and implement design improvements that enhance product quality, manufacturability, and production efficiency.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with industry-level practical experience.
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals, including analog and digital circuit theory, signal integrity, and power integrity.
- Experience in circuit design in one or more areas, including power, digital, analog, high-speed interfaces, programmable logic, or wireless systems.
- Strong PCB layout expertise spanning constrained multilayer designs, high-speed interfaces, power delivery networks, flex circuits, and cable assemblies. Proficiency with Allegro or equivalent PCB design tools.
- Experience with electrical validation and debug using high-speed oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, BERTs, and protocol analyzers.
Skills
Required:Interface design and debugging (I2C, SPI, JTAG, I2S)Schematic capture and PCB designNumerical modeling and SI/PI analysisData analysis and automationCommunication and collaboration
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Discounted products and free services
- Educational expense reimbursement including tuition
- Discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation (eligibility may apply)
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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