Apple · 2 months ago
Sr. Hardware Development Engineer - Display & Optics
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$147K/yr - $272K/yr
10+ years expApple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. The role involves working in the Display Technologies Organization to develop new display and optical module architectures for future Apple products, requiring hands-on experimentation and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Responsibilities
Define and build a systematic technology development plan to establish fundamental engineering learnings, meet tech maturity milestones, and product interception schedule
Initiate new module technologies to enable challenging design architectures in display and optics
Hands-on design, build, test, and refine hardware prototypes and systems in MTC’s labs to enable critical technology proof-of-concept and convergence
Hands-on drive POC development in MTC's labs, including resource and DOE planning, empirical validation trials, data analysis and visualization, process optimization, and realistic risk assessment
Collaboratively work with cross-functional teams to plan and align the development strategy, and demonstrate technical results / issues to executives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or relevant engineering field with minimum 10 years of experience is required
Experience in driving technology development projects in R&D environment or similar early-phase stages
Experience in designing, building and optimizing customized equipment systems, opto-mechanical systems, or POC prototypes
Experience in process development, performing DOEs, conducting detailed root-cause analysis, characterization, and data analysis to enable, improve, and realize new design architectures
Preferred
Robotics, Mechatronics, or relevant engineering field with minimum 5 years of experience is required
Good technical communication to drive cross-functional planning & alignment, demonstrate development results or communicate technical issues to executive managements
Strong planning, organization and documentation skills
Passion for innovation and motivated to constantly learn new areas and skills to expand knowledge and scope
Design, and built complex mechanical systems and/or POC equipments
Strong hands-on experience and proficient skillsets in at least one of the following areas: Design, and built complex mechanical systems and/or POC equipments, Design, develop and test mechatronic and/or robotic systems with integrated sensors, motion controls, and hardware components, Design and build opto-mechanical system and/or metrology tools, Experience in optical component and module manufacturing process and techniques, Data processing, statistical tools and data visualization using Matlab, Python, or similar tools
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
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Funding
Current Stage
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2026-01-10Pre Seed· $1M
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