Hardware System EE Architect

Apple • Sunnyvale, CA

7h

About The Position

The Home Hardware team is looking for a highly motivated and creative Hardware Architect to help define, architect, and build the future of Apple home product concepts. In this 0-to-1 role, you will be at the forefront of early-stage product exploration, operating at the intersection of hardware, software, and user experience. You will work with a diverse, cross-functional team of mechanical, software and controls engineers to architect complex systems.

As a Home Hardware System EE Architect, you will be responsible for the electrical definition and feasibility studies early-stage concepts. Your day-to-day work will span high-level system architecture to hands-on bench-level evaluation of key systems. You will research and select novel sensors, compute architectures, power electronics, and electromechanical technologies, driving the electrical architecture from a blank whiteboard to a fully functioning system.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with a multi-disciplinary team — spanning mechanical, controls, perception, and software — to develop and integrate cutting-edge hardware systems for future Apple products. You will own critical aspects of the electrical architecture and implementation of systems that combine real-time control, dynamic power loads, and rich multi-modal sensing. Success in this role requires not just deep technical expertise, but also strong product intuition and a systems-level mindset that accounts for the unique challenges of products.

Requirements

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years of industry experience in hardware design, specifically in architecture and R&D environments.
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals across digital, analog, mixed-signal, and power delivery (DC-DC) design.
• Proven experience in system-level architecture and component selection for embedded systems, consumer electronics, or mechatronics.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively bring-up, debug, and validate mixed-signal designs

Nice To Haves

• MS or PhD in electrical engineering or similar field
• Experience leading teams through product development cycle from concept development to production bring up
• Experience architecting real-time control systems, synchronized sensor/actuator timing, and deterministic communication buses
• Familiarity with functional safety standards and practices (e.g., ISO 13849, IEC 61508, or equivalent)
• Expertise in emerging sensing technologies and sensor design highly preferred
• Ability to take a methodical and insightful approach to data analysis
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill

Responsibilities

• Define, architect, and build the future of Apple home product concepts.
• Operate at the intersection of hardware, software, and user experience in early-stage product exploration.
• Work with a diverse, cross-functional team of mechanical, software and controls engineers to architect complex systems.
• Responsible for electrical definition and feasibility studies for early-stage concepts.
• Conduct high-level system architecture and hands-on bench-level evaluation of key systems.
• Research and select novel sensors, compute architectures, power electronics, and electromechanical technologies.
• Drive the electrical architecture from a blank whiteboard to a fully functioning system.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team (mechanical, controls, perception, software) to develop and integrate cutting-edge hardware systems.
• Own critical aspects of the electrical architecture and implementation of systems combining real-time control, dynamic power loads, and rich multi-modal sensing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior