Hardware Systems Engineer

Hardware Systems Engineer

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.
APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Support system-level SerDes compliance and high-speed IO validation efforts that Mac System Technology is responsible for executing across all Mac programs. Support the end-to-end compliance process for all portable and desktop programs. Contribute to the flow bring, validation and correlation. Perform debugging in collaboration with Hardware and System teams to drive silicon, hardware, and tunable issues for USB-C interface. Perform PHY adaptation validation with different channel scenarios to verify platform level integration robustness of these 3rd party and Apple IPs. Perform hardware-level validation as well as simulation efforts to correlation with hardware validation. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $184,700 - $277,600/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:

Utilizing high-speed oscilloscopes, Signal generators and VNA/PNA to measure and analyze serial I/O signal integrity and electrical performance characteristics for receiver and transmitter validation
Utilizing Thunderbolt and USB4 electrical compliance test specifications (CTS) and compliance test suites to execute and document high-speed serial I/O electrical compliance validation against industry standards
Designing and implementing stress testing methodologies for high-speed serial I/O interfaces to identify design operating limits and receiver/transmitter margin post-system integration
Executing SerDes receiver electrical validation including adaptive equalization characterization, clock recovery analysis, jitter measurement, and eye-diagram quality assessment
Utilizing Python, C++ scripting languages to develop automation scripts for compliance test execution, high-volume eye-scan data collection, and factory-level test flow development
Performing failure analysis and hardware debug to troubleshoot compliance test hardware, fixtures, software, and Device Under Test (DUT) issues affecting SerDes receiver/transmitter electrical performance
Executing SerDes transmitter electrical validation including pre-emphasis tuning, output swing characterization, jitter analysis, and electrical compliance testing for high-speed data interfaces
Characterizing SerDes PHY receiver and transmitter blocks with register-level programming for system validation configuration, including signal integrity parameter optimization and margin analysis
Performing high-speed electrical calibration per CTS and verification of high-speed test equipment including 40GHz+ oscilloscopes and BERT systems to ensure measurement accuracy and traceability
Utilizing advanced high-speed probing techniques to measure differential impedance, jitter, insertion loss, return loss, and eye-diagram metrics for high-speed serial interfaces
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Hardware Systems Engineer

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.
APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Project management and technical leadership on prototyping initiatives: Coordinate and drive engineering project that combines electronics, firmware, software, mechanical, and systems engineering. Track goals against schedule, coordinate resources, responsible for results meeting targets. Review job applications, interview candidates, recommend hire / no-hire. Supervise and direct tasks with successful candidate(s), including interns from time to time. Coordinate and lead demonstrations of prototypes and technology incubations. Create messaging to evangelize new technologies and/or features to key stakeholders and leaders across multiple divisions. Own and deliver electrical PCB and/or subsystem designs for hardware on product roadmap. Create test plan and support documentation, support offshore factory build and test. Design, develop, and characterize prototype hardware for proof-of-concept and demo (prototype) Investigate how various technologies interact with the human body, including but not limited to electromagnetic, optical, acoustical, and mechanical interactions. Architect and design multi-layer, high-density printed circuit boards, owning electrical, firmware, application development, and maintenance for prototype/demo projects. Support internal customers of prototype systems. Design and 3D-print mechanical fixtures for circuit boards and prototype hardware. Lead multiple projects and manage cross-functional dependencies with partner teams. 15% domestic and international travel required. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $184,700 - $277,600/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.

Experience and/or education must include:

Project management for low-volume prototype system, entailing defining project goals, coordinating and running project meetings, and tracking progress against goals for complex engineering projects.
Leading demonstrations of new technology to senior executives, resulting in approval of company resources to pursue the new technology
Designing and building a multi-modal input device simulator that aligns audio, visual, and haptic response modalities to achieve perceptually simultaneous input feedback
Using Altium schematic, PCB design, and BOM tools to create high-density, multi-layer printed circuit boards for low-volume prototype systems.
Supervising and directing junior engineers/interns.
Designing, implementing, testing, and demonstrating a robotic arm actuator controlled by a joystick input device connected across a low-latency wireless network.
Designing and implementing firmware and software for embedded system (microcontroller + DSP based) having a Swift UI control interface, using Visual Studio and Xcode IDE tools and GitHub source control tools.
Directing and supervising lab technicians on modifying and extending printed circuit board hardware.
Managing procurement of components, circuit boards, and modules as required to build fully functional prototype systems.
Utilizing 3D CAD software and 3D printing tools to design and build mechanical fixtures for prototype hardware.
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Hardware Systems Engineer

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.
APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Define test requirements and perform tests on radio frequency (RF) systems to validate and qualify the design during the design validation and production phases of Apple’s projects. Work with Apple’s engineering teams to design efficient and comprehensive end-of-line production tests. Effectively balancing test duration with test coverage to ensure that every product will meet the intended requirements. Define tests that will be used to validate units manufactured at scale while working with Apple’s engineering teams and contract manufacturers. Lead verification of a complex, multi-disciplinary project by defining test methodology and coverage standards across the system to ensure product quality and increase yield. Debug and perform root cause analysis and report results when hardware issues are identified using RF design, test equipment and data analysis. Support the implementation of automated tests by defining test equipment, scripting code for data collection and performing data analysis to reduce operator error and speed up data collection. Create and execute detailed test plans for end-to-end system performance evaluation. Automate test data collection, analysis and reporting using Python programming. Troubleshoot complex wireless problems and provide recommendations for fixes independently, including identifying devices that perform out-of-family or debugging software issues. International travel required 15%. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $207,673 - $277,600/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field and 4 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

4 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:

Utilizing RF Systems for wireless communications to design test setups and debug issues.
Utilizing RF Measurement for design validation.
Using programming languages including Python, programming lab test equipment and operations experience to perform test automation to minimize operator error.
Utilizing RF systems and testing to perform data analysis to separate operational systems from non-operational systems in the production environment to provide operators with real-time feedback of component health.
Performing data analysis to summarize results for cross-functional collaboration and leadership presentations using knowledge of the system under test, including visual display of quantitative information.
Using Python Programming to interface and configure devices under test using the understanding of the function of the device and API to configure it properly.
Using software programming skills to develop unit tests, perform regression tests and root cause analysis of vendor delivered software.
Performing Failure Analysis of RF components and tests setups, utilizing knowledge of RF systems and test hardware to root cause and resolve issues.
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Hardware Systems Engineering

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.
APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Designing, prototyping, building, and validating electrical designs throughout our product development cycle, and working with teams across Apple to integrate those designs into Apple WATCH. Working on System electrical design, schematic capture and PCB layout design, as well as Prototype bring up and debugging. Functional and performance verification of hardware designs using common EE test equipment (including oscilloscopes, DMMs, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers). Hands-on debugging and failure analysis of manufacturing, design, and reliability issues. Providing Factory build support from early NPI through product ramp. Reporting on and presenting status of hardware issues to management and cross-functional forums. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 - $225,300/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

2 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:

Utilizing Cadence tools (or industry equivalent) for schematic capture and constraint-driven PCB layout design.
Utilizing common EE test equipment (including but not limited to) oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, DMM, and power analyzers).
Bringing up and debugging new hardware designs.
Integrating electrical designs or subsystems (such as audio, sensors, radio, or power electronics) into hardware systems.
Designing, performing schematic capture, and guiding PCB layout of hardware systems.
Performing hardware failure analysis and implementing corrective actions, including working with component suppliers to resolve issues.
Collaborating with cross-functional or interdisciplinary engineering teams (mechanical engineers, software/firmware engineering), to design and validate product or system performance.
Utilizing common communication protocols, including standard GPIO signaling, I2C, and SPI.
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