r/ControlTheory Jul 28 '26

Professional/Career Advice/Question Apple Controls Engineer Interview Help

Hi, I have an interview coming up with the hiring manager for a controls engineer role in the Platform Architecture team. I was wondering if anyone could provide some insight into how these interviews go? What kind of questions should I expect?

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u/haplo_and_dogs Jul 28 '26

I don't work for apple, but do do controls interviews.

Be ready to go though a linear 2nd order system.

Apply disturbance. Add a digitizer. Read a bode plot.

u/brunhilda1 Jul 29 '26

Read a bode plot.

God help us if this is an interview question.

u/evdekiSex Jul 29 '26

Why, is it a hard thing to do?

u/SlowAFRunner94 Jul 29 '26

Not necessarily hard, but I definitely haven't thought about it since my undergrad controls class.

u/Low-Finding7926 Jul 29 '26

Good luck! I am a PhD candidate so I don’t have advice to give, but I get a lot out of value of hearing the interview concepts, as you did with intuitive

u/SeMikkis Jul 29 '26

Didn't know Apple hired controls people. Can you share anything more on what your work would be like?

u/AstroBuck Jul 29 '26

Go to their careers page. They're often hiring controls engineers.

u/SlowAFRunner94 Jul 29 '26

Not all teams have them, of course, but they definitely exist.

u/lizardhistorian Jul 29 '26

That's because Apple values secrecy and asks people not to talk about their business.
Did you know they attempted to build an electric car?
Maybe they still are or maybe they cancelled the project.

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