Acoustics Electronics Engineer

Acoustics Electronics Engineer

At Apple, new insights have a way of quickly becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences. Sound is a crucial and compelling facet of the customer experience so Apple has assembled an outstanding Acoustics Technologies team that enables our customers to experience music with delight, connect with clarity, and appreciate our products without disturbance from noise. In Apple Acoustics Technologies we work with passionate attention to detail, directly contributing to products that ship to millions of people around the world. If you are ready to join a dynamic and innovative team, then we want to hear from you! Our Audio Electrical Engineering team contributes to defining, designing and integrating high quality audio electronics into all Apple products. We are a diverse team of electrical engineers with a passion for audio and music. Our day-to-day responsibilities involve working with multi-functional teams in solving tough engineering problems.

Description

Seeking hard-working analog/ASIC/audio electrical engineers for the Apple Acoustics team. Responsibilities include characterization, implementation and integration of the audio subsystem in Apple products. Primary duties include: qualifying outstanding audio silicon, prototype bring up and debugging, production manufacturing and test support, hardware debug, functional and performance verification, SW/FW verification and signal characterization. The applicant must possess EE fundamentals with a focus on analog and proven grounding on digital electronics. The applicant should be familiar with the audio design of portable low-power products, preferably with experience in a consumer electronics environment dealing with high-volume and high-quality products. Additionally applicant should possess some audio experience with fundamental knowledge of signals and systems.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience as an audio/analog electrical systems engineer
• Experience with Audio Precision and audio analyses tools
• Knowledge of silicon applications (power supply, audio circuit design, amplifiers)
• Expertise in prototyping circuits and products in a lab
• Basic scripting for test automation and data analysis and visualization for reporting
• Strong teammate - able to work with non-audio team members who are unfamiliar with acoustic designs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in working at a fast paced high volume consumer electronics environment
• Experience with Microphone ASIC technologies
• Hands-on experience in designing, validating, or failure analysis of electro-mechanical systems. Some experience with acoustic transducers (micro-speakers, receivers, MEMS microphones) will be highly useful
• Familiarity with sensing technologies and relevant electrical interfaces such as: PDM, differential analog, I2C, TDM
• Knowledge in SW drivers, DSP or equivalent experience preferred
• Experience working on subsystem coexistence in products