Senior Hardware Systems Engineer, Board Design

Apple Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas is seeking a Hardware Systems Engineer — Board Design to help design and manufacture our next‑generation, high‑performance, power‑efficient processor systems.

You will lead schematic capture, circuit design, and high‑speed interface work, collaborating with cross‑functional teams across Apple. You will bring strong EE fundamentals, RTL with Verilog/VHDL, and FPGA design experience, plus hands‑on lab skills with scopes and analyzers.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related degree with 10 years of experience.
• Experience with schematic level board design.
• Understanding board bringup and debug strategies.
• Strong fundamentals in EE concepts; transistor operation, signal integrity and timing analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop specifications based on cross-functional requirements.
• Schematic capture, circuit design, layout constraints, design reviews and simulations.
• FPGA/CPLD development and RTL implementation.
• Board bring-up, testing, characterization, and debugging of production systems.
• Power and signal integrity analysis; high‑speed interface characterization.
• Debug across a wide range of test boards and systems.

Skills

RTL Verilog/VHDL

FPGA design

High-speed interface design

Lab measurement tools

Education

BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Scopes

Logic analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Signal generators

eLoads

Protocol analyzers

Job description

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas is seeking a Hardware Systems Engineer — Board Design to help design and manufacture our next‑generation, high‑performance, power‑efficient processor systems.

You will lead schematic capture, circuit design, and high‑speed interface work, collaborating with cross‑functional teams across Apple. You will bring strong EE fundamentals, RTL with Verilog/VHDL, and FPGA design experience, plus hands‑on lab skills with scopes and analyzers.