Power Control Systems Engineer - Platform Architecture

Socket.dev; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Power Control Systems Engineer to design and evolve power control architectures across multiple product features. You will extend battery life and optimize performance while meeting power and thermal constraints.

You will collect and analyze performance data, apply control theory, and work with systems and software teams to deliver data‑driven power allocation solutions across real‑world workloads.

Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering or equivalent.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, Bash or Python.
• Background in classical/modern control theory or estimation.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve power control systems across product features.
• Analyze real‑world workloads to improve battery life and user experience.
• Collaborate with systems and software teams to characterize power/performance.
• Evaluate control algorithms using data-driven approaches.

Skills

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++

Bash

Python

Control theory

Education

BS degree

MS or PhD in Electrical/CS/EE

Tools

Embedded microcontrollers

Job description

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish! The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product! We are looking for a smart, self-driven engineer who loves to test their skills against new and diverse challenges. We have a role that will push you to do your best, to be your most creative and to invent new technology that affects billions of users. This is your opportunity to join the elite team responsible for crafting and building the foundation of the technology that fuels Apple's devices.

Description

We are seeking a Power Control Systems Engineer to help design and evolve new power control systems across multiple product features. You will be responsible for evolving the power control architecture deployed across Apple products to extend battery life and improve user experience while meeting device power and thermal constraints across multiple timescales. This work involves collecting and analyzing performance/power data from real-world workloads, applying and extending control theory and estimation techniques — including multi-timescale constraint handling — to novel system problems, driving data-driven and predictive approaches to power allocation, cooperating with systems and software teams to characterize and analyze power/performance profiles, and evaluating power control algorithms based on the resulting insights.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS degree
• Experience with one or more of the following programing languages: MATLAB/Simulink, C/C++, Bash, or Python
• Experience with control system design in one or more of the following areas: Classical Control Theory, Modern Control Theory, System Identification, Estimation Theory, Signal Processing, or multi-timescale constraint handling

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent
• 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• Experience implementing control systems in embedded microcontroller environments
• Experience applying data-driven or machine-learning approaches to power allocation, predictive analytics, or constraint prediction
• Experience with multi-timescale or hierarchical constraint-handling techniques in real-time control systems
• Innovative and critical system-level thinker with control system design and debug skills
• Desire to bring data-driven decision-making and analytics to improve our products
• Professional and collaborative with interpersonal communication skills