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Hardware Design Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Sunnyvale, CA$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Wireless Hardware-focused role responsible for end-to-end hardware design of wireless subsystems, including architecture, schematic design, bring-up, verification, and production validation. Collaboration with silicon, software, and platform teams and external chipset vendors to integrate wireless SoCs into Apple products. Occasional international travel (~15%).

Responsibilities

  • Define system interconnects and power supply architectures in collaboration with silicon and platform teams; implement in product schematics and layout
  • Design and validate power supply application circuits, including load step response, ripple, accuracy, and stability analysis
  • Bring up, characterize (performance and power), and validate new digital interfaces and protocols on pre-silicon platforms and first silicon
  • Develop functional test coverage in bare-metal firmware to stress-test wireless chipsets during silicon bring-up and validation
  • Drive root-cause analysis and debug for hardware issues surfaced by test, validation, and cross-functional teams
  • Collaborate with external chipset vendors on integration and verification plans

Qualifications

  • BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
  • Experience with digital communication interfaces (PCIe, MIPI, I2C, SPI, UART) including specification, integration and bring-up validation.
  • Experience with power supply/power management and power distribution networks design and simulation
  • Hands on debug experience with usage of modern lab equipment (DSOs, Logic Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers)
  • MSEE preferred with some years of relevant experience
  • Experience in writing software routines and test scripts
  • Experience with mobile and/or embedded processors and memory systems
  • Experience with circuit schematic capture/layout
  • Strong desire to investigate system level issues and drive problems to closure in a team-based environment with a proactive demeanor
  • Experience interacting with offshore manufacturing partners
  • Successful track record of delivering highly innovative communication products
  • Experience with high volume, low power, mobile products

Skills

Required:Digital interfacesPower distribution networksSchematic design & layoutLab/debug tools
Nice to have:Firmware for hardware validationMobile/embedded processors and memory systemsScripting/testingOffshore manufacturing collaboration

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
  • Relocation assistance
  • Employee stock programs including RSUs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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