
location_on602, Santa Catalina Terrace, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, 94085, United States
At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. We're looking for an experienced Thermal Test Engineer who brings deep, hands-on expertise in thermal characterization, material evaluation, and cooling system validation.
This is a role for an engineer who is equally comfortable installing thermocouples, characterizing thermal resistance and bond line behavior, building custom test fixtures, and writing the automation that turns raw data into clean, actionable results.
As a Thermal Test Engineer, you will own thermal characterization and validation for consumer hardware programs across all Apple platforms — from early module designs through shipping hardware. Day-to-day work is hands-on in the lab: instrumenting hardware, configuring test systems, running thermal test plans, and extracting clear, reliable data. You will evaluate thermal interface materials for new programs, assessing thermal resistance, mechanical compliance, repeatability, and long-term reliability. Collaborate with mechanical and systems engineers to identify thermal risks and develop mitigation strategies based on test data. The ideal candidate interprets temperature data, understands system behavior, and can troubleshoot test setups independently.
Work model: On-site
602, Santa Catalina Terrace, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, 94085, United States
Sunnyvale, California