Data Center Hardware Engineering — Hardware System Integration Engineer

Apple • Austin, TX

9h

About The Position

The Hardware System Integration Engineer contributes to the end-to-end hardware engineering lifecycle for high-performance server compute designs, from specification and schematic capture through board bring-up, validation, and factory build support. Working alongside senior engineers, the role grows toward board-level design ownership and partners with mechanical, power, software, firmware, silicon, manufacturing, and reliability teams to ensure design requirements are met accurately and at scale. The position calls for technical depth and strong communication to align a broad group of stakeholders.

The Data Center Hardware Engineering Team designs and delivers high-performance compute solutions for Apple’s services and products. The Hardware System Integration team owns the design and realization of customized compute platforms from concept through mass production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
• At least 1 year of relevant industry experience in hardware or systems engineering.
• Working knowledge of low-speed and high-speed digital interfaces, including I2C/SMBus, SPI, JTAG, USB, PCIe, Ethernet (SGMII, RMII, QSFP), and DDR memory.
• Broad circuit design experience across multiple domains, such as power, digital, analog, high-speed communications, and/or programmable logic.
• Experience with PCB bring-up and characterization using standard electrical engineering lab equipment, including soldering tools, DMM, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, and spectrum analyzer.
• Ability to debug complex hardware issues from system level to circuit level.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including experience producing functional specifications, integration procedures, and technical documentation.

Nice To Haves

• 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 experience with PCIe, 100-GbE, USB3/USB4, or similar high-speed serial protocols, including compliance testing and protocol-analyzer debugging.
• 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.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to hardware engineering from specification and schematic capture through board bring-up, validation, and factory build support.
• Develop toward ownership of board-level design.
• Partner with mechanical, power, software, firmware, silicon, manufacturing, and reliability teams to ensure design requirements are met.
• Communicate and drive alignment across a broad set of stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

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