Hardware Systems Design Engineer - iPad

The iPad Hardware Team in Austin, TX is looking for engineers who are motivated by the opportunity to take on big challenges. Apply your skills in electrical engineering, system integration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to make design decisions that will benefit millions of iPad users worldwide!\\n\\nOur team of System Electrical Engineers own entire products from concept definition through shipping to customers. We sit at the center of Apple's wider engineering team, working collaboratively with mechanical engineering, software, silicon engineering and other module teams such as wireless, battery, camera, sensing, display, and factory test.\\n\\nOur team is collaborative, creative and passionate about what we do and the products we make.\\n\\nCome join us!\\n\\n\\n

This is a unique hardware design position that starts at product concept and continues all the way through to mass production.You will be at the center of iPad product development with a critical impact on overall design. \n\nDay to day tasks involve electrical design, simulation, bringup, debug, and validation for iPads. Routine responsibilities also include factory build support, and working with multi-functional technology teams in a fast-paced environment. \n\nThere will be opportunities for international travel.\n

Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical / Computer Engineering or equivalent\n3+ years of relevant industry experience designing consumer electronics and/or embedded systems; working with dynamic multi-functional teams\nStrong EE fundamentals (analog and digital design, signal/power integrity, etc)\nComfortable in a lab environment using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.\n\n\n

Hands-on experience in prototyping, bring-up, debug and validation\nSchematic capture and rigid/flexible PCB layout\nAbility to analyze solutions and make system design trade-offs\nLow voltage power regulation and delivery\nDemonstrated ability to understand technology and debug problems at varying levels of abstraction, from the system-level down to the silicon/transistor level\nSolid understanding of design and validation requirements for common interfaces (e.g. I2C, SPI, JTAG, I2S) and preferably high-speed interfaces (e.g. USB, MIPI, PCIe, HDMI, DP, Thunderbolt, DDR Memory, Ethernet)\nUnderstanding of computer architecture and design tradeoffs\nExposure to numerical modeling, simulation, and analysis tools such as Spice, 2d/3d field solvers, power & signal integrity\nUse of scripting languages to assist with hardware development, and data analysis\nBeyond technical capability, we prize curiosity, creativity, integrity, leadership, collaboration, and a passion for learning\nExcellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills\n\n