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# Hardware Systems Design & Integration Engineer - AirPods

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Code Coverage, Software Debugging, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Signal Integrity
- **Published:** August 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3363363064&tx=HT7468TYV&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent directly-related work experience
 * 5+ years of relevant industry experience designing electronics and/or embedded systems
 * Strong electrical engineering fundamentals, including analog and digital design, signal integrity, and power integrity
 * Hands-on experience with prototyping, bring-up, debug, and validation of electronic systems
 * Proficient in a lab environment with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, frequency counters, and related instrumentation, * Proficiency in PCB and flex design (schematic and layout), with a track record of delivering high-quality designs to aggressive timelines
 * Working knowledge across several system domains such as SoC integration, power and battery, inductive power, analog and audio, RF, sensors, ESD, or design of test and automation infrastructure that scales across a program - with the curiosity to go deeper wherever the problem demands
 * Track record of driving ambiguous, cross-disciplinary problems to root cause when the path forward isn't obvious and comfortable making measured decisions with incomplete data
 * Proven ability to build alignment across teams and influence decisions with cross-functional partners, contract manufacturers, and executive stakeholders
 * Experience taking hardware from proof of concept toward mass production, with exposure to contract manufacturing partners a plus
 * Design validation experience spanning bench characterization through factory test coverage,Experience mentoring engineers and fostering a team environment where ideas from any level are welcomed, challenged, and made better
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex electrical trade-offs to non-EE audiences - from industrial designers to executives

## Description

You will own system hardware deliverables across the full product lifecycle - from early architecture and PCB/flex design through prototype bring-up, validation, and production ramp. You will work shoulder-to-shoulder with silicon, RF, power, audio, sensor, mechanical, software, and manufacturing teams, translating complex electrical trade-offs into decisions the whole program can get behind.


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