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10 Apple hardware engineers
These ten Apple hardware engineers have held hardware engineer roles at Apple, on work that includes iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods, displays, cameras and digital circuits. A reader can learn what hardware engineer work at Apple involves from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Wheeler
LinkedInExperience: Hardware Systems Integration Engineer · Apple
Hardware Systems Integration Engineer at Apple since 2024; a highlight says Adam Wheeler is a hardware systems integration engineer for the AirPods family of products. They were Senior Hardware Engineer (2022–2024), Hardware Development Manager (2019–2022) and Electrical Engineer (2017–2019) at Apple, and an Electrical Engineer at Tesla (2015–2017).
Amir Sina
LinkedInExperience: Senior iPhone System Hardware Engineer · Apple
Senior iPhone System Hardware Engineer at Apple in San Diego since 2023; a highlight names iPhone Pro System Hardware Design. Amir Sina was Senior Principal Hardware Engineer at NXP Semiconductors (2020–2023), Senior Lead Hardware Engineer at Amazon Lab126 (2017–2019) and Senior Staff Hardware Engineer at Broadcom (2004–2013).
Chongwen Zhao
LinkedInExperience: Senior Hardware Engineer · Apple
Senior Hardware Engineer at Apple in Cupertino since 2021 and Hardware Engineer at Apple (2018–2021). A highlight says Chongwen Zhao is the charging power architect for Apple Watch, naming Apple Watch S10. They were a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Tennessee (2014–2018) and a System Engineer Intern at Texas Instruments.
Jerry Chow
LinkedInExperience: Senior Hardware Engineer · Apple
Senior Hardware Engineer at Apple in Cupertino since 2008. A highlight says Jerry Chow was an iMac System Hardware designer from 2008 to 2020 and moved to the iPhone Hardware group in 2020 to work on next-generation iPhone. They held hardware engineering and management roles at LSI, an Avago Technologies company (1998–2007).
Jidong Zhang
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Hardware Engineer · Apple
Sr. Hardware Engineer at Apple in Cupertino since 2016; a highlight names depth sensing hardware development as the work and lists the Engineering and Technical department at Senior level. Jidong Zhang was a Staff Scientist at KLA (2012–2016) and a Research Scientist at Eastman Kodak Company (2008–2012).
Julian (Zhiyuan) Sun
LinkedInExperience: Principal Hardware Engineer · Apple
Principal Hardware Engineer at Apple in Cupertino since 2025 and Tech Lead and Senior Hardware Engineer at Apple (2021–2025). A highlight names Optical Module, Apple Vision for the current role, and the headline for Julian (Zhiyuan) Sun lists optics, display and interactive modules plus materials, process and equipment.
Ki Yeol Byun
LinkedInExperience: Senior Hardware Engineer · Apple
Senior Hardware Engineer at Apple since 2014 in the Cupertino area; a highlight lists LTPS backplane design for LCD and OLED displays, display system development, and LCD and AMOLED panel process and manufacturing. Ki Yeol Byun was a Senior Engineer at Samsung Display (2011–2014) and a Research Engineer at Samsung Electronics (2004–2008).
Onur Ilkorur
LinkedInExperience: Senior Acoustic Hardware Engineer · Apple
Senior Acoustic Hardware Engineer at Apple since 2016; a highlight lists released products Onur Ilkorur worked on, including iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone 12 Mini, AirPods Max and AirTags. They were a Senior Acoustic Engineer at Premium Sound Solutions (2007–2016) and a Research Engineer at YTU (1998–2007).
Steven L. Moran
LinkedInExperience: Senior Hardware Engineer · Apple
Senior Hardware Engineer at Apple in Cupertino since 2022; a highlight says Steven L. Moran is FE Lead in the Digital Circuits Group, driving custom memory modeling, automation and integration. They were a Graduate Student Researcher at the UCLA Center for Heterogeneous Integration and Performance Scaling (2016–2022) and an intern at GlobalFoundries.
Vitanshu S.
LinkedInExperience: Senior Camera Sensors & Hardware Engineer · Apple
Senior Camera Sensors & Hardware Engineer at Apple in San Francisco since 2017; a highlight names an image sensor lead role for the current position, and the headline for Vitanshu S. describes an ASIC Design Lead and engineering manager role for Camera Silicon at Apple.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do Apple hardware engineers work with industrial design, silicon and software teams on a new product?
- 02What does a product cycle look like for a hardware engineer from early prototypes to mass production?
- 03What tradeoffs come up most often for a hardware engineer as a design moves from prototype toward production?
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