 Sr. Noise & Vibration Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

10h

About The Position

At Apple, extraordinary ideas have a way of quickly becoming extraordinary
products, services and customer experiences. Sound is an essential and
compelling facet of the customer experience. Apple has assembled an elite
Acoustics team that enables our customers to experience music with delight,
communicate with clarity, and enjoy elegant sound throughout our product line.
In Apple Acoustics we work with the utmost attention to detail, directly
impacting the design of products that millions of people around the world love!
Our Noise & Vibration team contributes to hardware design, validation, and
troubleshooting to minimize distracting audible noises and optimize their sound
quality. We are a diverse team of acoustics and vibration experts, accomplished
listeners, and creative problem solvers. We work daily with multifunctional
teams on innovative solutions to complex engineering challenges. We are looking
for a Senior Noise & Vibration Engineer to join our team. Could this be you?

DESCRIPTION

As a Senior Electronic Noise & Vibration engineer, you will author SOPs, test
plan and specifications. You will quantify noises, facilitate user studies,
establish thresholds in lab and factory environments. These will enable you to
educate multi-functional teams to implement known standard methodologies and run
studies to learn new best practices. The analysis of the validation work that
you will lead will help you to better understand root causes of various
problems. You will also support and drive technology initiatives focused on
projects. You will work closely with partner facilities overseas but will need
to travel minimally.

Requirements

• Master's degree is required at a minimum in the field of Mechanical / Electrical / Acoustics Engineering. We will have also consider engineer with advanced degrees from multi physics backgrounds like Applied Physics and Mechatronics.
• 5-10 years minimum experience in high-volume product development which include acoustic design validation as well as vibration mitigation design.
• Creative problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced multi-tasking environment

Nice To Haves

• Advanced knowledge of acoustics and vibration principles and how motion of mechanical systems turns into radiated noise
• Advanced knowledge of how voltage potential and current can lead to vibration
• Great understanding of RF, thermal, acoustic, magnetics, and mechanical statics and dynamics (preferred if these fundamentals have been applied to acoustic transducers such as MEMs microphones, receivers and micro-speakers)
• Acoustic and vibration measurement skills with experience making measurements in anechoic/hemi-anechoic chambers
• Accomplished listener with excellent hearing over the audible frequency range
• Ability to learn new coding languages and navigate large datasets
• History of high-volume consumer electronics
• Experience with ultra low-noise measurements and a background electrical engineering.
• Familiarity with sensing technologies and their electrical interfaces such as PDM, differential analog, I2C

Responsibilities

• Author SOPs, test plan and specifications
• Quantify noises, facilitate user studies, establish thresholds in lab and factory environments
• Educate multi-functional teams to implement known standard methodologies and run studies to learn new best practices
• Analyze validation work to better understand root causes of various problems
• Support and drive technology initiatives focused on projects

What This Job Offers

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