Power Optimization Engineer: Battery Life & Systems

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 150,400 - 277,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple stock programs

Medical and dental coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, seeks a power optimization engineer to analyze energy use across hardware and software, design experiments, and collaborate to extend battery life while maintaining performance.

You will lead power modeling, run experiments, and translate data into actionable optimization strategies, working with architecture, hardware and software teams from concept to launch. Strong communication and problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of hardware components and hardware/software interactions.
• Strong understanding of process/framework/kernel/firmware abstractions.
• Excellent debugging and triaging skills to solve impactful problems.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Champion power optimization across Apple's ecosystem, influencing technical decisions and driving adoption of battery-conscious design principles.
• Drive breakthrough battery life improvements through well-crafted experiments and quantitative data analysis, and deliver actionable optimization strategies to ensure features and products achieve ambitious power targets.
• Shape product development throughout the design lifecycle, ensuring power-conscious implementation decisions from concept to launch.
• Identify critical battery life opportunities for unreleased features and spearhead high-impact engineering initiatives using advanced power modeling.
• Lead cross-functional investigations to identify and eliminate power inefficiencies, driving measurable battery life gains and enabling new user experiences.

Skills

Hardware interactions

Kernel/Firmware abstractions

Debugging & triaging

Communication skills

Tools

Scripting for data visualization

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, seeks a power optimization engineer to analyze energy use across hardware and software, design experiments, and collaborate to extend battery life while maintaining performance.

You will lead power modeling, run experiments, and translate data into actionable optimization strategies, working with architecture, hardware and software teams from concept to launch. Strong communication and problem-solving are essential.