System Integration Engineer

System Integration Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

Hardware

Apple crafts consumer electronics that have touched millions and changed the way people get along with electronic devices around the world. The Product Calibration & Test Group plays a key role in keeping up the standards, and through work with the team, you'll have the outstanding opportunity to impact products all across Apple, because here, new insights have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. We are looking for an engineer to design, develop and deploy calibration and test instrumentation systems for Apple's world class products. This engineer will work closely with multi-functional groups (Design, ME, EE, SW, Ops etc) throughout the New Product Introduction (NPI) phase to ensure the success of current and future Apple products. Come join our team!

Description

You will be responsible for the design specification, bring up, validation and deployment of automated instrumentation to calibrate and test Apple's products through NPI and mass production. Responsibilities will be tuned to match the candidate's technical background, but you may be encouraged to:

• Architect hardware for instrument systems, develop them, and maintain those systems through production
• Work with our mechanical engineering team to specify and validate the required mechanical fixtures & automation systems
• Develop, debug, and optimize automation software
• Analyze large amounts of data generated from your instrument systems and adopt data-driven approaches to solving engineering challenges
• Perform failure mode root cause analysis and resolution, debugging from the system level down to the component level
• Work closely with Apple EE, product design, firmware, operations, and logistics teams. Frequent interactions with CM/vendors and developing SOPs, debug instructions, documentation is part of R&R

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in design, development, debug, validation and working with electro-mechanical systems
• Programming skills in one or more of the following: C/C++/Objective-C and scripting knowledge (Python, Lua)
• 2+ years of work experience with Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of consumer electronics modules like - transducers (sensors - light/force/pressure/touch/motion, acoustics - speaker/mic) or input/output ports (USBC) or optical systems (camera, Lidar) or Displays
• Understanding of hardware concepts. (i.e. HW architecture, block diagrams and schematic design, debug interfaces, etc.), EE fundamentals
• Knowledge of digital signal processing (DSP) and control systems
• Experience analyzing and processing large data sets

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $126,800 and $190,900, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.