System Design Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As a System Design Engineer, you will design hardware to validate board-level system functionality and electrical performance of new Apple products. Working cross-functionally with design, firmware, software, and operations teams, you will play a key role in ensuring Apple's quality standards are exceeded and our customers receive the best possible product experience.

Lead the design of custom hardware testing fixtures, software (firmware and/or FPGA IP), and instrumentation critical to Apple's product integrity. Drive the development of testing hardware and software instrumentation in parallel with product design timelines. Develop a deep understanding of the full product architecture at both the hardware and system level to deliver complete and thorough testing solutions. Collaborate cross-functionally with design, firmware, software, and operations teams to develop and test groundbreaking products. Apply strong communication skills and technical expertise to lead cross-functional efforts from concept through execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Good understanding analog, digital, and power electronics hardware architectures and design
• Experience in schematic & PCB layout design using Allegro or a similar CAD tool
• Ability to design and debug complex electrical schematics and PCB layouts and propose clear, relevant experiments
• Good oral & written communication skills - be able to communicate complex engineering concepts clearly and concisely to various cross functional teams and leadership

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of USB 3.2, USB-PD, Display Port, PCIe, I2C, SPI technologies and protocols, and design
• Prior experience with bed of nails test fixture and designing custom test instruments.
• Basic software engineering experience (writing, editing, debugging Python or LUA scripts, C/ C++ etc.)
• Experience in FPGA development (Verilog, SysVerilog, VHDL)
• Prior technical leadership and/or project management experience
• Prior experience of performing parametric data statistical analysis (CPK, GRR etc)

Responsibilities

• Design hardware to validate board-level system functionality and electrical performance of new Apple products.
• Lead the design of custom hardware testing fixtures, software (firmware and/or FPGA IP), and instrumentation critical to Apple's product integrity.
• Drive the development of testing hardware and software instrumentation in parallel with product design timelines.
• Develop a deep understanding of the full product architecture at both the hardware and system level to deliver complete and thorough testing solutions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with design, firmware, software, and operations teams to develop and test groundbreaking products.
• Apply strong communication skills and technical expertise to lead cross-functional efforts from concept through execution.

What This Job Offers

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