Hardware Development Engineer - Data Center Hardware

Apple • Austin, TX

74d

About The Position

The Data Center hardware engineering team is looking for a product-focused engineer to work on multiple projects from design conception to mass production. We work with many cross-functional teams, including mechanical, power, software, firmware, silicon design, hardware validation, and reliability engineering, to quickly build products to meet our customer's evolving needs. We build modular systems with multiple heterogeneous boards and define the interfaces that connect them together. Come join us!

Requirements

• Experience with PCI Express (PCIe), 100-GbE, USB3/USB4 or similar high-speed serial protocol: electrical design, protocol fundamentals, compliance testing, and debug using protocol analyzer.
• Design, validation, and debug experience with common low-speed interfaces, such as: I2C, SPI, JTAG, UART, and USB1/2.
• Knowledge of clocking technology e.g. crystals, oscillators and simple PLLs.
• Knowledge of discrete passive components (resistors, capacitors, inductors) and their characteristics and specifications.
• Ability to debug jitter problems and their sources through measurement and analysis.
• Working knowledge of power supply design fundamentals.
• Experience using test & measurement equipment, such as: high-speed oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and VNAs.
• Ability to create diagrams and make concise presentations to clearly present information to cross-functional teams.
• Experience designing systems with concurrently designed custom silicon and working with silicon engineering teams to negotiate features and requirements.
• Proven leadership of complex system development from concept to mass production.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, debug, and validate a variety of circuit boards for custom enterprise servers.
• Take complete ownership of subsystems, boards, interfaces, and cross-functional relationships.
• Seek and find the necessary information and support from coworkers and cross-functional teams to accomplish goals.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to provide support for hardware test engineering and manufacturing.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees