Hardware Systems Engineering Lead Biophotonics

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! Dynamic, smart people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product. Do you love working on challenges that no one has solved yet? Description This role is all about making systems that have never been made before. Working with cross-functional engineering teams to define new prototype systems, design electronics that implement them, build them, and validate them. This role requires an engineer who is familiar with a full development cycle, who thrives when distilling clarity from uncertainty, and who can coordinate effectively across organizations, some international. You will be expected lead electrical engineering initiatives by example, drawing upon your previous experience and adapting to the unique needs of the program. As appropriate, you will be expected to manage individuals and guide their work as well as their growth.

Requirements

• BS degree in EE or related field
• Experience designing analog and digital circuits
• Experience with various schematic capture tools, such as Eagle, Altium, or Cadence
• Experience taking system through a full cycle - architecture, design, fab, bringup, debug, characterization
• Experience with standard lab equipment (e.g. multimeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers)

Nice To Haves

• 10+ years of industry experience in electrical engineering
• Familiarity with systems that include sensitive analog/mixed-signal circuits, FPGAs, and embedded microcontrollers
• Experience with circuit simulation tools, such as Hspice, LTspice, or Spectre
• Skilled with PCB layout on complex multi-layer boards
• Experience working with multiple cross-functional teams (e.g. software, mechanical, optical) to balance design tradeoffs
• Experience with supporting factory builds and scaling from hand-built prototypes to 1000s of units
• Exposure to various system modeling and simulation tools, such as ANSYS, Verilog A/MS, Simulink, COMSOL
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Design and validate high-performance analog/mixed signal circuits that interface with state of the art optical components and meet high level system requirements
• Implement a variety of PCBs and flexes that integrate multiple analog and digital circuits into prototype systems
• Identify and analyze system tradeoffs of implementation strategies including PCB functionality partitioning, approach to testing and validation, flexibility vs. size/power
• Plan electrical engineering work with other leads to define milestones, then guide and focus team members to deliver on time
• Facilitate clear, efficient communication within the electrical engineering team and cross-functionally to keep stakeholders in sync
• Directly manage individual contributors as appropriate

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees