System Design Engineer

Apple • San Diego, CA

11h

About The Position

At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. This role involves owning and driving the electrical and physical design of multi-layer boards for prototype systems, developing reference designs that meet stringent area, cost, and performance requirements for product development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

• 4+ years experience in physical design of multi-layer boards (MLBs).
• Experience in circuit design, schematic capture, and system integration.
• Strong physical understanding of power and signal integrity fundamentals.
• Experience in the physical design of Power Delivery Networks (PDNs) and high-speed signals at PCB level.
• Familiar with Cadence APD/Allegro for physical design.
• Familiar with High Density Interconnect (HDI) PCB and Flip-Chip (FC) BGA package substrate technologies.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively in a multi-functional team.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional team to understand system requirements, from both physical design limitations and performance requirements
• Develop physical design implementations meeting stringent power and signal integrity requirement
• Drive co-optimization of physical design on MLB and package
• Provide implementation guidelines and feedback to silicon, package, and system design groups
• Perform feasibility study, design verification, and sign-off.

What This Job Offers

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