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Exploratory Device Scientist Platform Architecture

Apple


Job Location:

Cupertino, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 13 November 2026 (13 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 10 February 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple new insights have a way of becoming extraordinary products services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and theres no telling what you could accomplish. Multifaceted inquisitive people and inspiring innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet As a member of our dynamic group you will have the outstanding and phenomenal opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apples customers every single day. nnApples Exploratory Design Group (XDG) has an opening for unusually curious inquiring and critical device scientists and engineers with a breadth of knowledge encompassing aspects of device design across photonic electronic and/or electromechanical/optomechanical design as well as development of nano manufacturing concepts for novel devices. Working with world-leading and renowned cross-functional experts at Apple you will leverage your deep knowledge of device structure physics and fabrication to design model prototype and innovate at all levels.

In this role you will drive engineering innovation through hands-on research to conceive model and evolve emerging concepts and devices for future Apple systems. Leveraging a broad knowledge of photonics physics and engineering you will build a deep quantitative understanding of how optical devices interact with computational systems to optimize their performance. You will balance the risks of novel exploration with delivering tangible value in a fast-paced multidisciplinary research environment.

Conceive analyze model optimize and evolve new and emerging concepts and devices for future Apple device modeling skills to build deep quantitative understanding of optical device interactions with computational in the design prototyping and characterization of resulting devices and plans and technical results effectively through team meetings written reports and presentations to wider teams and beyond traditional boundaries for new applications and balance the risk of novelty against delivering new concepts quickly to the right level of detail and manage competing demands within an engineering research setting.

BS in optoelectronics/electromechanical optomechanical or similar engineering setting up lab equipment including building new lab equipment to test new in research process development fabricating and characterizing photonic in modeling and designing photonic and electronic devices including using new materials.

10 years relevant industry experience. nPhD in an electro-optical or nanoscale-devices or material-science-of-devices related in managing medium to small teams in a research hands-on experience in setting up research laboratory test rigs for nanoscale device test from understanding of materials physics at the nanoscale and principles of nanoscale devices and their in Python or at least one modern general purpose scientific programming for learning new fields and taking on new challenges and a track record of collaborative background in analytical thinking a self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills and a strong work ethic to deliver exploratory research at world-leading levels for the benefit of Apple.

Required Experience:

Staff IC


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