The Datacenter Systems Architecture team is seeking a skilled computer systems or technology architect to lead the design of new products. This role involves providing architectural guidance and leadership to cross-functional engineering teams, focusing on system architecture for datacenter platforms. The candidate will leverage their expertise in server design to enhance product performance while managing trade-offs in size, power, and cost. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders and mentoring junior engineers.

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Core competence in architecting servers for general purpose compute or specialty compute systems.
• Strong technical breadth across several computer subsystem technologies.
• Experience in defining physical architecture solutions for complex server system designs.
• Understanding of schematics, PCB layout & designs.
• Strong analytic, verbal, written, and communication skills.

• Provide physical architectural guidance and leadership to cross-functional engineering teams.
• Lead the solutions for delivering physical architecture solutions for datacenter platforms.
• Drive physical architecture investigations for product system integration options.
• Author system architecture specifications and conduct reviews with product teams.
• Analyze and support thermal management solutions and trade-offs.
• Anticipate future SoC requirements and negotiate with internal teams.
• Explore and champion new product-level features and workflows.
• Mentor junior engineers to best practices and data-driven processes.

• Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.