Physical Design Engineer
Apple
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San Diego, CA · Posted November 5, 2026
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November 2026
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About the job
Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now, can't imagine living without. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do.