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Cellular Power Systems Engineer

Apple

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Location
San Diego, CA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Apple seeks a highly self-motivated systems engineer to work on cellular modem power optimization. The role focuses on designing power-efficient cellular products, defining system-level specifications and power architecture, and driving optimization from product requirements through commercialization. The engineer will collaborate across disciplines to address power architecture challenges and meet product requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cellular Communication Technologies5GPower Optimization MethodologiesSystem Power ArchitecturePower Breakdown AnalysisPower Waveform AnalysisPre-Silicon Power ModelingEnd-to-End Timeline AnalysisHW/SW/FW Interaction Definition6G

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or Related Field

Full job description

Role Number: 200688522-3543

Summary

At Apple, 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! Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. We are looking for expert and highly self-motivated system engineers to work on the most exciting problems related to cellular modem power optimization.

Description

As a member of systems engineering team working on cellular power, you will have the unique and rewarding opportunity to work on the most interesting and challenging problems related to power architecture and optimization. In our team, we have the mission to design and deliver most power efficient design for the cellular products. In this role you will be working cross-functionally across many disciplines to drive the optimal power architecture starting with the product requirements all the way to commercialization. You will work on defining system level specifications, proposing innovative ideas, defining power architecture, and driving the power optimizations to meet the product requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.

  • Knowledge of cellular communication technologies including 5G.

  • Experience in working with power optimization methodologies and familiarity with system power architecture.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with power breakdown and power waveform analysis.

  • Experience with pre-Silicon power modeling.

  • Experience in end-to-end timeline analysis and defining the interactions between HW, SW, and FW.

  • Familiarity with 6G.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,131 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$142–210K/yr1,724 salary ranges
  • California median$70–88/hr52 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,036 open Systems Engineer jobs in California and 11,131 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (9,387 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,587 of the 11,131 open Systems Engineer jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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