Component and MLB Quality Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. Apple is seeking a Component and MLB Quality Engineer with a strong background in electrical design, component quality and failure analysis. This role will require collaboration on quality initiatives across multiple different organizations within Apple so a broad experience across consumer circuit design with a focus on manufacturing quality is highly desired.

Requirements

• 7+ years of industry experience in electrical design and component quality, with a track record of electrical design improvements, electrical test, debug of electronic components in systems, wafer fab and backend assembly process operations; consumer electronics experience is strongly preferred
• Strong experience with consumer circuit design applications, schematics and architectures, along with test strategies such as In-Circuit Testing, board functional testing, and industry standard test methodologies
• BS/MS/PhD Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Nice To Haves

• Power supply circuit design knowledge - understanding of components used in both digital and analog power design
• Knowledge of the properties and processes used in both microelectronics fabrication and PCBA assembly
• Ability to craft and deliver presentations tailored to executive audiences
• Knowledge of IC component and circuit failure analysis with their respective methodologies
• Familiarity in system manufacturing, SMT, and transitioning new products into high volume manufacturing
• Expectation to travel 30%. Experience working with off-shore electronic manufacturing sites to perform process and quality audits

Responsibilities

• Leading Root Cause & Corrective Actions on electronic components and logic boards during development builds and production ramp across all Apple products
• Drive key initiatives which improve future designs, including vendor to vendor component benchmarking comparisons, board validation, stress testing, and user impact correlations
• Vendor (Fab process, Wafer level test, Final test, and Packaging) facility auditing
• Drive and track closure on any component or board level issues that impact overall product readiness or DPPM fluctuations
• Provide quality team approval risk for MP releases and ensure team drives quality requirements for any post-ramp qualification
• Manage program-related communication including highlighting key risks to executive management and clearly explaining resolution path
• MLB Debug & component failure analysis with System and Product Design, Component and Electrical Engineering, Test and Reliability teams
• Commitment and ability to work under high pressure, with proficiency in summarizing technical data for an executive audience to drive high impact decisions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior