Job Details

Platform Systems Engineering Manager

Cupertino, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Jun 13, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200609085

Are you passionate about working on products that enrich the lives of millions of people? Do you enjoy understanding how things work in breadth and depth, and how to make them even better? Are you excited to work on cutting-edge technologies and products? If so, we'd love to hear from you! The Platform Systems team is looking for an experienced manager to lead and grow the organization. In this role, you will constantly be challenged to learn about how Apple's latest features and technologies work and collaborate with teams to enable this outstanding technology across the Software/Hardware/Silicon organizations! You will work with teams to help them identify focus areas, run experiments, analyze data, and develop tools to help achieve efficiency while maintaining a great user experience.

Description

Work cross-functionally with silicon, hardware, and software teams to help deliver surprise and delight in our latest products while enabling system development and stability. This role requires the technical depth and expertise to understand how things work from the user interface down to the state transitions of each hardware block. This insight is instrumental to drive hardware build readiness, system stability in the presilicon and NPI phase, and convey the overall system stability impact to engineering teams with potential solutions for optimization. Strong problem solving skills and effective communication are critical for success in this role.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of management experience

• Strong understanding of hardware component and hardware/software interactions

• Solid understanding of operating systems fundamentals

• Excellent debugging/triaging skills to solve challenging problems

• Excellent spoken and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent prioritization skills and focus

• Experience developing scripts/tools to distill and visualize data a plus

• Proven experience in technical leadership: At least 2 years of experience managing engineering teams responsible for cross-functional systems work (hardware/software/silicon).

• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills: Able to approach complex problems with creativity, curiosity, and a rigorous analytical mindset.

• Track record of proactive execution: Highly skilled at anticipating risks, identifying next steps, and ensuring tasks and issues are driven to resolution without lingering or ambiguity.

• Strong organizational and prioritization abilities: Can juggle multiple initiatives, keep teams focused, and ensure the highest priority work is delivered with urgency and clarity.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills: Comfortable driving consensus, giving clear updates, and collaborating across diverse technical teams.

• Thoughtful and strategic mindset: Demonstrates the ability to “see around corners”—anticipating challenges and opportunities before they arise and planning accordingly.

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $190,700 and $329,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more about Apple Benefits. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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