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As of Sep 10, 2026, the average yearly pay for intel hardware engineer in the United States is $146,230.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $123,500.00 and $163,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Infographic showing various Intel Hardware Engineer job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 92% Full Time, 2% Part Time, and 6% Contract. Highlights an 86% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 9% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $146,230 per year, or $70.3 per hour.

Hardware Systems Engineer - Data Center HWE

Austin, TX • On-site

Apple
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing • 10K+ employees

$122K - $161K/yr

Full-time

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Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

Based on 684 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz


Job description

At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Every single day, people do amazing things at Apple. Do you want to impact billions of users by developing extraordinary products with a prime focus on accuracy, understandability and performance of the product? You will become part of a hardware development team that furthers engineering perfection, creativity and innovation. Dynamic, inspiring people and innovative technologies are the norm here. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.
Description
We are seeking an experienced Server Hardware Engineer with deep expertise in CPU architectures, compute performance analysis, and cloud-scale hardware optimization. In this role, you will evaluate next-generation server platforms, assess workload requirements, and guide strategic decisions on processor selection across x86, ARM, and accelerator-enabled systems. You will partner closely with SRE, platform engineering, and capacity planning teams to ensure our Compute cloud infrastructure runs on the most efficient and cost-effective compute platforms.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
5+ years of experience in server hardware engineering, CPU architecture evaluation, or performance engineering.
Strong understanding of microarchitecture concepts:
Pipelines, branch prediction, out-of-order execution
Cache hierarchies (L1/L2/L3), prefetching, NUMA
SMT/hyperthreading, core utilization, turbo boost behaviors
Experience evaluating and comparing Intel Xeon, AMD EPYC, and ARM.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, cloud workloads, virtualization (KVM), and container infrastructure.
Proficiency in benchmarking tools (SPEC, fio, sysbench, perf, pmu-tools) and workload profiling.
Familiarity with telemetry and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, eBPF, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with large-scale cloud providers, hyperscalers, or high-performance computing (HPC) environments.
Expertise in power/performance tuning, BIOS optimization, and firmware-level configuration.
Knowledge of CPUs, SmartNICs, GPUs, and offload/acceleration architectures.
Experience building internal performance dashboards and analytics tools.
Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and often ambiguous environment.
Passionate, relentless commitment to quality and user experience.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex issues across multiple layers of a system.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.

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Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, intelligent 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 real 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.

Industry

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Cupertino, CA, US

Year founded

1976