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Hardware Systems Engineer

Apple

Location

Cupertino, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/18/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Master's with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
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Job description

This role at Apple involves supporting system-level SerDes compliance and high-speed IO validation efforts for Mac programs. The position requires collaboration with hardware and system teams to address silicon and hardware issues, particularly focusing on USB-C interfaces. The team is dedicated to ensuring the robustness of platform-level integration through rigorous validation processes. Candidates will engage in both hardware-level validation and simulation efforts to correlate with hardware outcomes.

Requirements

  • Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
  • 3 years of experience utilizing high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, and VNA/PNA for signal integrity analysis.
  • 3 years of experience with Thunderbolt and USB4 electrical compliance test specifications.
  • 3 years of experience designing and implementing stress testing methodologies for high-speed serial I/O interfaces.
  • 3 years of experience executing SerDes receiver electrical validation.
  • 3 years of experience utilizing Python and C++ for automation scripting.
  • 3 years of experience performing failure analysis and hardware debugging.
  • 3 years of experience executing SerDes transmitter electrical validation.
  • 3 years of experience characterizing SerDes PHY receiver and transmitter blocks.

Responsibilities

  • Support the end-to-end compliance process for all portable and desktop programs.
  • Contribute to flow bring, validation, and correlation efforts.
  • Perform debugging in collaboration with hardware and system teams.
  • Conduct PHY adaptation validation with various channel scenarios.
  • Execute hardware-level validation and simulation efforts.
  • Utilize advanced high-speed probing techniques for measurement.
  • Perform high-speed electrical calibration and verification of test equipment.

Benefits

  • 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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Apple Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

1,065

FY2026

Approval rate

99.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

9,221

FY2026

Entry-level share

5.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+30%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-35%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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