System Design Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area San Diego Until 9/22/2026 4+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Do you like changing the game? Envision what you could do here. At Apple, we believe 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. In this role, you will own and drive the electrical and physical design of multi-layer boards for prototype systems, developing reference designs that meet stringent area, cost, and performance requirements for product development.

Description

Work with cross-functional team to understand system requirements, from both physical design limitations and performance requirements Develop physical design implementations meeting stringent power and signal integrity requirement Drive co-optimization of physical design on MLB and package Provide implementation guidelines and feedback to silicon, package, and system design groups Perform feasibility study, design verification, and sign-off.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred Qualifications

4+ years experience in physical design of multi-layer boards (MLBs).
Experience in circuit design, schematic capture, and system integration.
Strong physical understanding of power and signal integrity fundamentals.
Experience in the physical design of Power Delivery Networks (PDNs) and high-speed signals at PCB level.
Familiar with Cadence APD/Allegro for physical design.
Familiar with High Density Interconnect (HDI) PCB and Flip-Chip (FC) BGA package substrate technologies. Ability to work and communicate effectively in a multi-functional team.

About this role

Summary

Design of multi-layer boards, developing reference designs, ensuring performance and compliance.

Job title

System Design Engineer

Experience level

4+ years

Minimum experience

4+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Remote work not explicitly permitted, based in California

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

physical designcircuit designschematic capturepower integritysignal integrityCadence APD/AllegroHDI PCBFC BGA

Preferred skills

power delivery networkshigh-speed signalssystem integrationmulti-functional team communication

Specializations

physical designmulti-layer boardspower integritysignal integrityPCB design
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Francisco, CA, USA

On-site City

San Diego, CA, USA

On-site City