Data Center Hardware Engineering - Hardware System Integration Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Salary
$129,300–$194,700 / yr
Posted
59 days ago
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TL;DR · Data Center Hardware Engineering - Hardware System Integration Engineer

The Data Center Hardware Engineering team is seeking a Hardware System Integration Engineer to manage projects from design conception through mass production. This role involves owning the electrical engineering implementation, documentation, and validation of customized high-performance compute designs. Day-to-day responsibilities include electrical design, schematic capture, board layout guidance, simulation, bringup, and debugging. The position requires cross-functional collaboration with mechanical, power, software, firmware, silicon design, hardware validation, and reliability engineering teams. Candidates must possess expertise in high-speed digital design, including interfaces like I2C/SMBus, SPI, JTAG, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, and DDR Memory. Required skills include debugging from system-level to transistor-level, using Cadence tools, and operating lab equipment like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. The work focuses on realizing high-performance compute solutions tailored to specific customer requirements.

What you'll do

  • Own the electrical engineering implementation, documentation, and validation of customized compute designs.
  • Perform electrical design, schematic capture, and provide guidance for board layout.
  • Conduct simulations, system bringup, and hardware debugging for high-performance silicon.
  • Validate high-speed digital interfaces including PCIe, Ethernet, DDR Memory, and USB.
  • Provide technical support for factory builds and mass production projects.
  • Develop functional specifications, procedures, and technical documentation for complex system integration.
  • Debug hardware problems ranging from the system level down to the transistor level.

What we're looking for

  • BS in electrical or computer engineering required.
  • Minimum 1+ years relevant industry work experience.
  • Working knowledge of design and validation requirements for common low-speed and high-speed digital interfaces.
  • Excellent skills to debug problems from the system-level down to the transistor level.
  • Outstanding written, verbal, and visual communication skills for developing functional specs and documentation.
  • High-speed board design experience with 10+ layer PCBs and material selection (preferred).
  • Schematic entry and management of design constraints using Cadence tools or similar (preferred).
  • Understanding of computer architecture and design tradeoffs (preferred).
  • Experience with PCB bringup and debug using standard EE lab equipment (preferred).
  • Experience in circuit design for power, digital, analog, or high-speed communications (preferred).
  • Experience with PCIe, 100-GbE, or USB3/USB4 protocols (preferred).
  • Automation and data manipulation script development (preferred).

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