Summary
People at Apple don't just build products they craft the kind of experience that has revolutionised entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas encourages innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Every single day, people do amazing things at Apple!
Apple designs consumer electronics that have touched millions and changed the way people interact with electronic devices around the world. Our organization plays a key role in keeping up the quality standards at Apple and making sure that our customers are happy with the quality and experience of the hardware we manufacture.
Our group is looking for a self-driven engineer who will be directly responsible for designing automated test solutions from bench-level characterisation to high-volume manufacturing for Apple's entire wireless charging ecosystem. This position will integrate both hardware, software and mechatronics solutions developed in both lab and HVM environments. These solutions include hardware modules, mechanical fixtures, and software automations to carry out performance characterization and validation of wireless charging products.
As a hardware system engineer you will touch a very broad set of skills including product design, HW design, SW development, mechanical design, factory deployment, factory reliability, vendor engagement, and executive communication. Upon taking the position you will be able to expand on many aspects of your current expertise but also allow you to develop in fields you might be interested in.
Description
This position will include but not be limited to, the following responsibilities:
Design automated test solutions from bench-level characterisation to high-volume manufacturing for Apple's entire wireless charging ecosystem.
Work closely with the hardware and silicon design teams to ensure the new products meet Apple's high standard for a great customer experience during high-volume manufacturing and debug any issues that might surface during manufacturing
Develop validation strategies/plans and execute electrical/system-level validation to catch and fix design issues through build cycles in order to improve the overall product quality and meet launch schedules
Researching new technologies to understand unique failure mechanisms
Develop software for automating test equipment control, device control, test flow control, data acquisition and processing.
Continually work to improve testing speed, coverage, accuracy and reliability.
Regularly parse, plot, manipulate, and analyse data sets from low-volume characterisation to high-volume production.
Periodically present to management and cross-functional teams on various topics, including key developments, findings, support strategies and associated timelines. Self-driven, well organized, detail-oriented with a clear focus on goals and tasks.
Minimum Qualifications
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years in hardware systems test, silicon test experience working in a NPI/HVM environment.
- Solid OOP programming experience in C or C++
- Good EE fundamentals, experience in interpreting schematics
- Understanding of embedded systems concepts
- Excellent written and interpersonal skills; clear communication with cross-functional teams and leadership.
- Proven ability to work independently under high pressure/fast pace and comfortable working in a dynamic highly cross-functional environment
- Self-driven, well organized, detail oriented with a clear focus on goals and tasks.
- Ability to travel internationally to manufacturing sites, up to 20%
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficient in scripting Python/PERL/Shell
- Experience with Objective-C, Swift
- Experience with MacOS/Linux/Unix
- Knowledgeable in production control processes, data analysis/interpretation, GR&R, Cp/Cpk and correlation analysis.
- Familiar with software repository, CI/CD concepts, peer review, tracking tools and operations.
- Skilled in testing embedded systems, familiarity with standard hardware protocols (USB, SPI, and I2C)
- Hands-on and proficient with debugging tools and equipment: digital multimeter, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope, power supply, data logger, etc.
- Ability to manage, manipulate, process, and analyze large data sets using tools like Excel/Matlab/JMP
