{"id":2133286,"url":"https://alion.io/job/apple-mac-hardware-systems-engineer","title":"Mac Hardware Systems Engineer","company":{"id":12,"name":"Apple","domain":"apple.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/apple","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Apple Jobs","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":925,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":49,"computed_at":"2026-10-10T05:45:15Z"}},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Chengdu, China"],"countries":["CN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":41000,"max_usd":115000,"period":"year","method":null,"sample_n":3070},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Django","optional":true},{"name":"Flask","optional":true},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":true},{"name":"PostgreSQL","optional":true},{"name":"SQLite","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-29T16:50:15Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-09","last_verified_at":"2026-10-11T00:06:23Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":73,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":73},"description":"The people here at Apple don't just build products - they build the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that encourages the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.\nWe are searching for self-driven, hardworking electrical engineers to provide design, test, characterization, failure analysis and manufacturing support to our product. Our products are on the groundbreaking in every way: usability, integration, connectivity, power consumption, fabrication, reliability, manufacturing scale. The candidate will play a meaningful role in the development of Apple products, collaborating with multi-functional design team in the process.\nDescription\nYou will take ownership of sophisticated characterization and debugging frameworks for Mac platforms. Operating on a global scale, your expertise will bridge the gap between initial hardware architecture and final mass production, directly optimizing the quality of Mac systems. Expect to work closely with diverse, cross-functional engineering teams, with potential travel required to support worldwide operations.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor’s or Master’s Degree in EE related majors\nMust have hands-on EE lab experience, be familiar with lab equipments like oscilloscope, power source, E-load, TDR etc., aware of EE lab activities such as board/system bring up or issue debug, and sensitive to circuit behaviors.\nProgramming or scripting skills (e.g., Python, Shell) to automate laboratory setups, program test instruments, parse engineering data, and streamline repetitive tasks.\nMust have a proven understanding of EE knowledge in at least one of below fields: power design, EMC, signal/power integrity, industry standard protocols (DP, USB, I2C/SPI, SDIO, SPMI etc.)\nOutstanding interpersonal skills in both English and Chinese.\nPreferred Qualifications\nDirect experience in high volume consumer electronics like smart phone, laptops, drones, wearable devices etc.\nFamiliarity with building and deploying web tools. Knowledge of databases (e.g., SQLite, PostgreSQL) and web frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, React) is a strong plus.\nExperience leveraging AI tools and frameworks (e.g., LLMs, machine learning algorithms) to automate tasks, analyze engineering data, or enhance daily workflows.\nHighly proactive, with the ability to drive tasks independently and adapt quickly to fast-moving project schedules.\nStrong leadership and team collaboration spirit to drive test coverage enhancements and test method optimization.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2688,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Operating Systems","Laptops","Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers","Tablets"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-09T01:22:29Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":16,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.358,"p_room":0.44,"age_days":72,"expected_fill_days":49,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","urgency","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-10T05:45:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/apple-mac-hardware-systems-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/apple-mac-hardware-systems-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-11T02:56:57Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":52,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4948,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":12},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=12"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fapple-mac-hardware-systems-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fapple-mac-hardware-systems-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fapple-mac-hardware-systems-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/apple-mac-hardware-systems-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fapple-mac-hardware-systems-engineer"}]}