Instrument Systems Design Engineer

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Salary

$135K-$246K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

63% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Instrument Systems Design Engineer San Diego, United States of America Apple designs consumer electronics that have touched millions and changed the way people interact with electronic devices around the world. The Product Integrity Group plays a key role in keeping up the standards. Through work with the team you will have the unique opportunity to impact products all across Apple, because here new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. We are looking for an engineer to design, develop and deploy calibration and test instrumentation systems for Apple's world class products. This engineer will work closely with cross-functional groups (Design, ME, EE, SW, Ops, etc.) throughout the New Product Introduction (NPI) phase to ensure the success of current and future Apple products. You will be responsible for the design specification, bring up, validation and deployment of automated instrumentation to calibrate and test Apple's products through NPI and mass production. Architect instrumentation systems (including HW specification) and maintain those systems through production. Work with our mechanical engineering team to specify and validate the required mechanical fixtures & automation systems. Develop, debug, and optimize automation software. Implement advanced signal processing and ML algorithms to evaluate performance of systems. Analyze large amounts of data generated from your instrument systems and adopt data-driven approaches to solving engineering challenges. Perform failure mode root cause analysis and resolution, debugging from the system level down to the component level. Work closely with Apple Acoustics/N&V, system EE, product design, firmware, operations,

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