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Systems Debug Engineer – Data Center HWE

You will provide hands-on support for data center development programs by triaging, debugging, and performing failure analysis on hardware. Additionally, you will deploy proof-of-concept hardware and collaborate cross-functionally with engineering and validation teams.

Sunnyvale, California, United StatesonsiteFULL_TIME

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About the role

What will you do at Apple?

As a Systems Debug Engineer, you will provide hands-on support for our data

center development programs and labs. You’ll work in a cross-functional lab that

acts as the on-ramp for silicon validation, software, hardware test, and

reliability teams to access new systems in development. Partnering with

electrical engineering teams and other subject-matter experts, you will triage,

debug, perform failure analysis, and manage the hardware deployed in these labs.

You will be a crucial technical resource, leveraging your expertise in server

platforms and electrical engineering to tackle complex problems. Join us and be

a part of our dynamic team!

DESCRIPTION

You will support early product development life-cycle by setting up data center

hardware, running tests on pre-production hardware and document results. Build,

maintain, and debug both custom and OEM hardware to support multiple programs.

Deploy proof of concept hardware, software setup, and/or piloting of new

hardware for use at scale in the data center. This includes testing under

various environmental conditions for power and temperature. You will collaborate

cross functionally with multiple teams, including hardware development,

validation, data center, logistics, software development, etc.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical

experience. 4–8 years in systems engineering, hardware integration, or

manufacturing engineering in a server or HPC environment. Hands-on experience

with SoC troubleshooting, board-level debug, failure analysis and diagnostics,

including low- and high-speed system interconnects, memory subsystem, power

management, and distribution. Experience working in lab environments at scale.

Strong server architecture expertise, including component firmware upgrade

processes. Hardware, firmware and OS-level debugging experience using SEL,

kernel logs, system logs, and debug commands. Working knowledge of provisioning

and boot processes (UEFI, DHCP, DNS, PXE/Netboot). Proficient in Python and Bash

(or equivalent), with experience automating infrastructure provisioning,

configuration management, and validation workflows (e.g., with Ansible).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

MS degree with 3–5 years of relevant experience. NPI experience with data center

server hardware, custom ASICs/SoCs, or high-density server environments.

Experience troubleshooting elusive issues that present as software problems but

originate in server hardware or firmware, including debugging interactions

between high-speed buses, firmware, and OS behavior.

Which skills does this role require?

Systems EngineeringHardware IntegrationSoC TroubleshootingBoard-level DebugFailure AnalysisDiagnosticsServer ArchitectureFirmware UpgradeKernel LogsUEFIPXEPythonBashAnsibleData Center HardwareSystems DebugSilicon ValidationElectrical EngineeringServer PlatformsSoCOS-level DebuggingDHCPDNSNetbootInfrastructure ProvisioningConfiguration ManagementHPCHardware DevelopmentValidationLogisticsSoftware DevelopmentPower ManagementInterconnects

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